I'm probably going to double post this in pofo as well since so there's so little traffic over here.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/spotlight-on-goldman-as-commodities-hearings-begin-2009-07-28

I'm probably being naive to even entertain hopes that the gov could actually fix this for the greater public good without being overtaken by lucre, but in my uneducated opinion, this is a huge problem. These huge swings in gas prices keep consumers on edge.