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"Once everyone is getting heating bills for $300 or more a month, people might finally get angry. The natural gas issue is serious. I mean, even the middle class will have a tough time floating the kind of bills we are about ready to get." Exactly and if people get angry it will lead to changes that bring on more supply. Environmental regulations and other such gov restrictions kill both innovation and efficiency. I'm not saying that the system is all bad, but there is a lot of ridiculous shit that can be done away with.

Sorry, but environmental regulations, once put in place, cannot be repealed. Think LAWYERS, especially lawyers for the enviro-wackos (who actually relish the thought of hundreds of thousands of Americans literally freezing in the dark this winter--and then blame Bush for the weather being too darn hot) appealing to the San Fran-freak-o Circus Court. We're going to have to devise a way to survive in this country WITHOUT increasing energy production via coal (too dirty), natural gas (not in my backyard!), petroleum (ooh, Bush's big oil cronies...political corruption!), or wind power (too unsightly near my attorney's mansion).

Got any ideas? And no, pipelines, coal mining, drilling rigs, refinery construction, and others have been proposed and DENIED eternally.