> Oil price being one particularly topical. The price of oil is set by a cartel... > Sure, in gluts, $0.50 milk per gallon would be great, but in times of say

> Oil price being one particularly topical. The price of oil is set by a cartel... > Sure, in gluts, $0.50 milk per gallon would be great, but in times of say severe drought, $8/gallon would be devastating to those people for whom food is a large part of their budgets, or most people. You can't stockpile milk, this argument makes no sense.