If oil topped out at $147....lets say gas topped out at $4
Oil is at $80 now...54% of its high.
Gas is at, lets say $3....75% of its high.
I think maybe we are still getting 'lubed' by the oil companies.....
You have both fixed and variable costs in the production of gasoline. Oil is a variable cost, where the cost of operating the refinery is a fixed cost.