Indeed we are. The envirowhackos and the left will block any and every effort to increase domestic production. Our "leaders" insist on regulation and taxation that drive prices up and up and up and restrict production. Our foreign suppliers can (and eventually will) use oil as a weapon (ala 1973 and 1979). And when prices once again spike to $4 or more per gallon of gas our "leaders" will whine and complain about evil oil companies, OPEC and anything else that will deflect attention from their own stupidity and incompetence.
1. Encourage domestic exploration and drilling.
2. Remove regulatory restrictions on refining.
3. Build nuclear plants.
4. Encourage development of alternative energy sources.
The market will handle consumption habits.
Whole-heartedly concur, and that is why I am frustrated.