Maybe all those folks who bought Expeditions and other wastes of fossil fuel might have been better advised to buy a more efficient means of transportation, eh?
Bad enough I have to watch my rear-view mirror for some soccermom driving a battlecruiser five times the size of what she needs talking on a cell phone and bearing down on my humble efficient Camry -- now I fear she'll be screaming at her Congressman to go after the people responsible for ever larger percentages of energy coming from overseas when in fact the primary culprits are on either end of the conversation /rant off
Guilty as charged...... I didn't see it coming, gas was $1.90 something when I bought my gas hog. Though where I live something big and 4-wheel drive is commonly needed during the winter.
I can understand you rant, however I hope she IS calling her elected representatives to complain......
In particular I hope she is pointing out that one of the primary reasons we have to import so much of our oil from foreign terrorists is due to the efforts of the environmental wing of the demorat party. Thanks to their combined efforts over the last fifty years, this country is woefully behind in nuclear technology, uses of coal, is behind in going after domestic sources of oil. Thanks to them, the U.S. is trying to make it on 70 and 80 year old refineries.
The bigger problem here is not so much how much profits Exxon makes, but are we going to get serious in this country about doing as MUCH as we can to get energy independent.