"It’s oil…black, black gold"

The fine folks from Taiwan’s NMA animation strike again, this time with this fine summary of rising gas prices. The lead character is a pretty insulting caricature of an American, but this sums things up in a fun and amusing few minutes better than anything else you are likely to come across. I believe that Paul Krugman makes a cameo at the end, too,

If you are not hip to these guys’ great animations of current news, you should be.

As an added bonus, here is their take on Mayor Bloomberg’s war on unhealthy living, from salt to smokes: