Customers sometimes take out their anger on the local gas station as if it had the power to create stability in the Middle East or curb speculation in oil markets.

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Student anger seemed to focus on gas companies like Exxon Mobil and the profits they're reaping in this era of high oil prices.

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His conclusion will anger some and surprise others: gas-guzzlers will have plenty to run on for the rest of this century.

ECONOMIST: Oil and geopolitics