The price of gas is going through the roof! Because of the shut-down of BP oil production in Alaska due to leaks in the pipeline, Washington State may see the price of gas go up to $4.00/gallon by the end of this week. Yikes! Almost like in Europe. Except that here all the money goes to the filthy rich oil companies and we end up with nothing but our gas-guzzling SUV's hungry for more. In Europe the price of gas has been high (taxes) to discourage excess driving and to build better quality public trasportation systems so that ALL benefit. It has also created a huge market for alternative/green energy production. What a concept!
Jimmy Carter spoke about conserving energy and changing the American energy policy to be less oil-dependent - in the 70's! But America has gone backwards since then thanks to Ronald Reagan and all the other short-sighted Republicans that followed. Now we are up to our eyeballs in fossil fuels. Not to mention climate change...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003182601_oil08.html
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