I beleive that the spike in price over the last few years is a plan to socially engineer the country in to being less dependant on foreign sources of energy.
Look at the last 40 years... when fuel prices are low...people buy the huge gas guzzlers (eg Musclecars and SUV now a days) Those big vehicles burn a lot of product, increasing demand and driving the price higher and higher over time.
Over the last couple years people are starting to look at smaller, more fuel efficent vehicles. I couldnt give my R/T Durango away last year.
If the prices keep rising we are going to start demanding more fuel efficient vehicles. Over time these vehicles that burn less product will reduce demand and bring the price back down.
I dont know if this is just another cycle of capitalism or if the changes will be permanent this time around. I do see a ton of ethanol plants popping up around here as well as windmill generator farms. This wouldnt be happening if gas was $1 a gallon. We'd all say.. "F" it dude, lets go bowling.
We're all a bunch of dumb monkeys. Be us repub, dem, conservative, hippie, whatever. we're not going to stop using oil unless it comes down to $$$.
It does suck and I feel bad for anyone who cant afford other nessecities due to this but my gut feeling right now is this is all precisely planned to get us off oil.
I could be wrong though.
