No, it's not. There is no such thing as gouging in a free market. It's called charging what the traffic will bear. You don't have to buy it. If everyone is like you, then no one will pay $8 a gallon, and the seller will have to lower the price. What you're really complaining about is that someone else can and will pay $8 a gallon --or, to express it another way, that life is unfair. Price increases under the conditions you describe are merely the efficient operation of a free market. If the price is too high for you, don't buy it. No one owes you $4 gas or a $750 AR.
