There will be no recovery with energy prices at this level among other things.
Natural gas prices are a third of what they were a few years ago
Doubling energy cost in just two years was as sure a recipe for disaster as I have ever seen.
The one sure, quick fix is to open the North Slope and the gulf to drilling, then change EPA rules that make it Impossible to open refineries. Once we have the refineries we will be refining the worlds oil and producing all our own, think $1.50 gas. That would mean new spending without borrowing. Consumer borrowing had nothing to do with the current recession it was government spending 40% more than they took in and then trying to cover bad housing debt that they forced on banks.