Oil prices climbed to over $77 a barrel following BP’s announcement that it would shut down its Prudhoe Bay oil field. Here are the other factors involved in the rising costs:
Increased demand from oil collectors
More people starting to realize how delicious it tastes
Lack of dinosaurs dying en masse
Paris Hilton seen at red-carpet gala wearing nothing but crude petroleum
Urban children opening oil hydrants to cool down
Wife keeps driving to Kroger’s every day for some goddamn thing
Oil paintings sold in Holiday Inn Express lobbies finally earning respect of art world
Worldwide barrel shortage
