What’s behind the ‘perfect storm’ of rising gas prices?

As gasoline prices surge past the $3-a-gallon mark, it’s tempting to blame “Big Oil” for “price-gouging,” the idea being this is all part of a conspiracy to control oil supply.

If the general public, in Navasota, Grimes County and beyond, wants to get at a “culprit,” it needs to start learning two words: Peak Oil.