Gas prices

What in the heck is going on? Every time I turn around, gas prices are going up. I just don't understand it. Minimum wage is the same and jobs are scarce but they find ways to further kill the working class by sky rocketing gas prices. It used to be that you could take a nice vacation and drive to your destination because it was one of the cheapest ways to go but it is just as expensive to fly or take the train. This is ridiculous! More people are car pooling and riding bikes to where they want to get because of he way that gas prices are. Someone needs to do something fast!