This bullshit, for instance...

"Beatle bug"(voltzwagon)was really the only small car around that that could be purchased for fuel econmy!

In 1973, I was driving an Austin America, which was smaller than a VW bug. (And a lot more fun to drive.)

I was listening to an analysis of the current oil price spike on the radio yesterday. They were saying that the main reason for the current spike is because of oil that has been removed from the market by forces beyond anyone's control, like Hurricane Katrina (oil from the US gulf coast) and political instability in Nigeria. And he was also saying that fears over a possible war with Iran are also causing the price spike.

Probably, the oil interests are quite happy with these developments, since they benefit by being able to raise prices yet once again.

If anyone doesn't like the cost of gasoline, they do have the option of driving more fuel efficient vehicles. That's how we dealth with it in the 1970s. It worked then. It can work now.