Do I detect some class envy in your post? You could buy oil company stocks you know.
Ooooh! Class envy....
Been listening to Rush?
It's not class envy. It's disgust at the way Americans now view their fellow Americans - "I got mine. Too damn bad if you are not as good as I am!!!"
The idea that people buying gas guzzlers doesn't affect the rest of the citizenry is pure, unadulterated arrogance. It's not just gas prices. It's home heating oil, propane and natural gas.
The same goes for people building 5 or 6 thousand square foot homes when they only have one or two children or even none. To hell with what that does to energy consumtption. Not just oil either. Electricity has to be produced to light and cool those homes.
But, your are right. It's class envy.
I rather think it's more class disdain from those that are wealthy.