In the 7 years since the oil industry literally wrote America's energy policy in secret from Cheney's office..

I am sure you don't mean to do so but what you are saying is that the economy, worldwide, has been great since 2001. It must have been in order for the demand for petroleum products to have been so high that Exxon/Mobil was able to increase it's sales as much as it did. If you are able to make one, an objective ysis would show you that 1) sale of gasoline is only a small part of Exxon/Mobil's business and 2)their profit per gallon is much less than the state and federal tax per gallon. This might explain why Exxon/Mobil recently announced they are getting out of the retail gasoline business. Why would they do this if it were as profitable as you suggest?