How can there be peace on our country if even our lawmakers are debating and bursting out with different governing ideas. Just like the oil price. Since transportation and manufacture of goods all hinge on the price of oil imports and exports, any change in the price of goods or oil create ripples. For instance, a recession causes the price of goods to drop, due to less demand. Thus, the revenues decrease for oil producing nations, especially OPEC, which leads to them raising prices to compensate. The rise in prices causes the price of goods to rise, and therefore people needing to borrow money, along with corporations and governments, to compensate for the rising costs of goods, services, and also oil.