No One likes paying more to fuel their car. The fluctuations in the oil price caused by political turmoil in the Middle East are hard enough to bear. But the idea that speculators are driving commodity prices beyond their "true" level seems particularly galling.rnTo many, that oil went from $65 a barrel in June 2007 to $145 in July 2008, and back down to $31 in December of the same year, is proof the price was not being set by supply and demand.
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