Originally Posted by George Knighton

:huh:

I am not sure how we can blame the government for this, unless you mean the United States government, in general, continuing to eschew meaningful research into a replacement for our reliance on fossil fuels in the 21st century.

It really is time to move along.

Personally (and I know I'll be dodging tomatos) is that the rise in gas prices is a good thing for society overall.

In the first place, we are running out of Near East oil. As we begin to harvest oil in other places, the oil's going to get more expensive, naturally, because of the cost of getting it here.

Moreover, the rise in gas prices might get all those dangerous SUV off the road, might begin a trend that gets our rail systems repaired and serviceable again, and might cause the federal government to finally look into replacement sources of fuel.

It's not all bad.

For whatever it's worth, I commute an hour each way, and still have to drive about 65 miles/day after I get to work.