# Illuminati Alert: $5 A Gallon Might Be A Reality Soon

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-alert-5-a-gallon-might-be-a-reality-soon/616367 "2012-03-21T02:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-alert-5-a-gallon-might-be-a-reality-soon/616367/41 "2012-03-22T22:56:58Z")

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You might be onto something there. Obama has black skin and oil is black as well, so there is definitely a connection. I believe you’ve provided a link between oil, Obama and the Illuminati that has slipped by the public! Damn those Illuminati bastards are sneaky! :eek:

-XT

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-alert-5-a-gallon-might-be-a-reality-soon/616367/42 "2012-03-22T23:46:38Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> Perhaps electrons saved via the substitution of “2” for “to” will prove to be a boon.

I see your point, but why stop there? If we write 1, 0 or maybe -950, instead of ‘to’ - just think how much we could save.

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