north affair characterizatirica. it lends itself to people being very concerned about where will the next barrel of crude come from and will we have enough of it. so when you track those price spikes, they track exactly with the spikes in the price of gasoline. >> geopolitical is very important in that equation. >> doesn't oil become like a political football an awful lot of these oil producing countries? >> absolutely. >> in terms of how much they'll produce and put in the market. >> on when you look at opec who obviously controls about one-third of the oil he reserves ins the world. and that's the 1 oil producing exports countries, they have a lot to say about that.3 oil pro exports countries, they have a lot to say about that.the world. and that's the 13 oil producing exports countries, they have a lot to say about that. >> they go both directions. do american companies increase and decrease the amount of oil they pump based on price, as well? >> we would love to increase our access to the united states. we have s