There are other factors that go into the cost of production from the barrel. First of all, most oil is not West Texas Intermediate Crude (the best type of oil and the price you see in news articles). Our oil is not as high quality, and costs more to be refined. West Texas costs less to get to your gas tank.
Demand then has something to do with the issues, as well as reserves. If our reserves are low, prices will rise, but as stocks are built up prices level out somewhat or decline.
The disaster in Texas hasn't significantly effected production. They had already been shut down for routine work and that production was completed elsewhere. The billions it will potentialy cost BP though does have an effect on psycological issues that raise costs.
Dependance on oil, and especially foreign oil is also an issue. Hopefully we'll see some of that change in a few years, but even if ANWAR were opened up today, it would be a few to several years to production. It all depends on the exploratory wells, etc. So...quit driving that huge SUV
and slow down (which will reduce your fuel consumption) or do like me, blow a head gasket on the way to work
so you don't waste any fuel at all driving for the next week
Prices may drop like wildfire if you do that too
By the way, that rollingstone article...dang it sounded reasonable at the start, then it all went to hell at the end. How disapointing
.... It looks to me like we're paying about 25ยข more for gas for every $10 a barrel that crude rises - which means that gas could go to $3.50 if Goldman Sachs $105 a barrel prediction comes true! 
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