I repeat (apparently to no avail) that the reason gas prices are so high is because Wall Street oil and gas stock speculators have hiked them up.

All this technical stuff about the availability of resources is not accurate. There is a plentiful supply of unused oil in the US and Exxon, BP et. al still want to spoil the lands to make more money. It's the same old ploy, "we're going to run out so we have to drill more." This is nonsense.   What has to be done is to shift the technology and put these oil robber barons out of business. Teddy Roosevelt came down on Standard Oil. We need a trust busting president.