OIL
1. They have to find it - expensive process
2. They have to drill for it - expensive process
3. They have to put in the infrastructure to produce it and transport it - expensive process
4. They have to refine it - expensive process
5. They have to market, sell and distribute it
6. Goverments, states tax it

Prices come out as detailed by those posting previously.

Now compare that product and its price per gallon to ONE of eric the reds bottles of Glenmoragie (for ease of comparison a LITRE bottle)
1. Organic raw materials easy and cheap to grow
2. Distillation process - fairly cheap and simple process
3. They have to market and sell it - moderately expensive
4. Governments, states tax it

Which one is the greatest rip off?