It is the law of supply and demand, which the libtards who were blaming Bush did not understand. As long as third world merging countries such as India, and the sleeping giant China, continue their pursuit of a car in every garage and their massive building projects, the US will have to compete with them on the world oil stage, and we will pay more for our fuel.
There is no reason that all of it has to be bought from foreign companies though, we have resources here we can tap into and lessen the burden until more fuel alternatives come into play, but we are to stupid to drill in our own back yards. Instead we can let the Russians and Canadians, and the Chinese, horizontal drill our resources out from under us.
Anyone blaming Bush and Cheney nowadays is simple showing their ignorance. Barry could do more to help the situation, but he is bound by his promises to the tree huggers and environmentalists.