No I’m not because that would be pretty obvious… increased costs.

But, it’s also just a shittily written article.

Americans have paid $148B more during the measured period than last year.

Oil companies have made $130B in total profits over the same time period.

The critical bit left out is that last year they made $47B in profits over the same period. So, oil companies have made $83B more in profits than last year.

So Americans have paid $148B more while oil companies have made $83B more. The costs to the oil companies have increased by $65B.