The "oilmen vp's" came to Washington today to testify in front of Congress as to why the price of oil was so high. The oil companies only sent the vice presidents because the presidents couldn't be bothered. Since none of them could quite remember how many millions they made per year in salary it was also not surprising that none of them could quite remember why the price of oil was so high.
They did "speculate" that it might have something to do with a falling dollar, general inflation and poor economic conditions in the country but didn't have a clue as to what might have caused that particular problem.
It basically was somebody else's fault but they weren't sure who.
It was the classic "which came first, the chicken or the egg defense" presented by the "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" chimpanzees.
Congress concluded they were probably right. It was somebody else's fault and as soon as they can figure out who, they will be added to their campaign contributors list.