Break out the KY

Gas prices are going up up up, if this article is any indictaton.

World oil prices jumped half a dollar on Wednesday, led by a rally in gasoline to an all-time record after an explosion and fire at the third largest refinery in the United States.

Explosion? Fire? In US? What? Us third shifters always get the news late...

Prices were already on the rise before the Tuesday evening refinery blast at BP's plant in Texas...

BP said there was no indication of "any outside influence" in the blast and fire, which comes less than a week after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation issued Texas oil refiners a warning about possible terror attacks to coincide with U.S. elections in November.

As if the news couldn't get worse, it looks like OPEC is ready to annouce a cut in oil production.

Early comments from OPEC ministers from Qatar, Libya, Algeria, Iran and Venezuela indicated the one-million-barrel-per-day output reduction would go ahead on April 1 as agreed at the previous meeting in February.

Great. Well, at least I know I'll lose weight this summer, I won't be able to afford to go out as much and make myself fat.