As I said on another thread today, the US government policy has be to insure "cheap water", "cheap food" and "cheap energy". That is what has created the world's greatest economey and kept the country revolution-free for 232 years.

Does anyone remember Al Gore's run for president in 1988? A cornerstone of his campaign was an immediate increase of $2.50 in gas taxes as soon as he became president. Had he succeeded, we would have had $4.00 per gallon gas twenty years ago. Good thing for some politicians that the public has a short attention span and an equally short memory.