Government intervention? Price controls?
They think it's bad now, try that one on and see the chaos.
As for me, between my 3 kids, myself and my ex-wife, I;m paying for 5 SUV's and gas for 4 of them.
Don't hear me cryin' though, I'm in the O&G business. This won't last forever. We drilled a natural gas well in Nov. of 2000, it went on line in Feb. 2001 and paid out in six months at an average natural gas price of $1.85. That's how quick things can change. Nat Gas prices in the winter of 2000 were above $10.00 in CA. Currently they closed around $9.46 today.
Look out this winter, its gonna be expensive.
Oh goody... Here come all the Nixonian constipated conswervatives... good grief!!!
Again, today, Rush Limbaugh had it exactly right when he frankly stated "I don't even want to hear about ANY of this!" He went on to say that too many of us have bought the BS that we can't drill off the coasts or Alaska... we won't let 'em build any refineries... we bought Jane Fonda's "China Syndrome" and now we find our savings suffering the "China Syndrome!"
And I add, we won't build, drill, save or eventually live well enough to pursue happiness because we simply won't act!!!