Here's someone who agrees with my position on the price of gas: it needs to be expensive. There's no other way we're going to get off our butts, learn to conserve, and develop alternatives on a large scale.
Hmm, this was going to be a lengthy essay, but I think I've just said 95% of what I wanted to say. Oh, except for this. Proof that gas prices are finally getting high enough to hurt, and the most encouraging trend in criminal enterprise I've seen in years--
grease rustling.