Knife, how to politicians control supply and demand of a finite resource? In fact, many politicians have wanted to open coastal waters in the US to more oil drilling as well as the whole Alaska drilling mess only to be opposed. I'm not saying that we should be deploying oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana or California in mass but this is a fulfilling prophecy.Knife wrote:I don't doubt it and I don't want anyone to think it's just a 'poor American' thing. But alot of people jump on the 'Quit bitching, American' bandwagon too. High gas prices fuck everyone. Personally, I blame politicians for the mess but....
The US public in general is unwilling to commit a large amount of dollars to the development of alternative fuel sources. The US public is in general opposed to raising the mileage expectations of inefficient and wasteful cars. The US public in general will not allow their taxes raised to increase the availability of mass transit. And too boot the US public supports building more freeways to decrease traffic congestion. So who's to blame. The politicians just said what the majority wanted to hear to get elected.