I've seen $4.80, whatever
I've seen $4.80, whatever happened to the infuriated mass that rallied when gasoline went over $4 a year ago? Boy, are we passive sheeps or what?
It's always the same thing. The petroleum cartel hikes the prices through the roof, people go into panic mode. The industry promises to lower prices again, which it does only to incrementally raise them again past previous levels. And meanwhile, I still see people gunning their SUVs and pickup trucks at green light only to heavily brake a few yards away.
Maybe $5 a gallon is still not enough to wake people up. We need a comprehensive energy policy that lowers petroleum consumption. If not, we'll continue bleeding our money away to foreign lands with dubious ties to groups that threaten global security or in the case of "home made petroleum", the oil company mafia that gets subsidies even through a recession while we sweat it out.
Is this the definition of insanity or what?