We’ve all heard the excuses on TV. Oil company executives sitting in front of congress, answering questions about why gas prices are so high, and explaining away their record profits. “Well we’re really only making pennies on the dollar. The profits aren’t really that high.”  “We don’t have any control over gasoline prices. The prices are all set by market forces” “We need more refining capacity and we need to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.” I find it totally amazing that anyone at all would believe the current gasoline prices are not 100% wholly contrived by the oil companies.…