Can someone explain to me how an entire population of consumers can be so easily and totally duped. EVERYDAY WE ARE GIVEN THE EXCUSES FOR THE PRICE OF FUELS yet nobody questions the sources for this bullshit, nor do they question those who transmit said BS. The following is more BS By George Jahn, Associated Press Writer , which I will follow with my thoughts (BS?). Light sweet crude for August delivery was up 50 cents at $145.68 a barrel by afternoon in Europe in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier, oil had traded above $146 a barrel. The contract rose 10 cents in Monday's floor session to close at $145.18 a barrel, just over a dime short of the all-time settlement high. It has traded as high as $147.27 a barrel, a record set last week. Threats to supply in Brazil, Iran and Nigeria have been keeping oil near the record levels hit last week. A five-day strike by Brazilian oil workers that began early Monday has cut the production of Petroleo Brasileiro...