We're not in recession...slower growth yes.
Weak politicos and Enviro wackos are COMPLETELY responsible to stopping ANWAR, coastal drilling, coal, nucleur, and pushing ethanol which is seriously inflating most foodstuffs. Each has hurt us economically and it'll get worse until someone stands up.
I suspect this will become a hot political issue, since it's our pocketbooks we're talking about. Maybe it'll push McCain off his global warming stance.