Actually, if we were to cut our demand for oil then "Basic Econ 101" tells us that the prices will also fall if supply remains stable...

I'm all for the car companies being forced to increase fuel economy... Yeah, the Tea Party people don't like the feds tellin' anyone jack about jack but ya' know what, folks??? The reason that the US has slipped so badly in the last 30 years is because we have allowed the markets to police themselves... That has not been good for anyone but the super wealthy... Not our workers... Not our standings in the world... Not our collective quality of life... Not our infastrcture... Not our political system... Not much of anything other than the rich having a 30 run on the country's wealth...

It's way past time for the grown ups to haul in the the croooks... And it's way past time for the federal government to act in the interetss of Joe Sixpack and not Sammy Silverspoon...

B~