Crude oil’s spike yesterday has all but guaranteed a further push to a rally target that is not going to sit well with the many of us who have enjoyed the detumescence of gasoline prices this summer. Oh well, it was never going to last. Easy come, easy go, and every user of energy on the planet will just have to grin and bear it. Is war coming in the Middle East?  In fact, it’s already there, perhaps waiting for some hellish escalation that could change everything — for all of us.