I just paid £70 to fill the car with fuel.

[wolram]

Yep, if they just sit on it, let the prices keep climbing, and then start selling when there are lines around the block waiting for the rationed 5 gallons of gas/vehicle at $7/gallon (and before people send their cars to the junkyard and buy bicycles), they stand to reap in huge profits for their nations...why wouldn't they try to do that?

Dangerous grounds MoonB, holding people to Ransom, people will surely die because of this profiteering.

 

[mgb_phys]

$7/gallon (and before people send their cars to the junkyard and buy bicycles)

Gas is over $9/gallon in the UK and huge SUVs are now nearly as popular as in America.