[Rick Lee]

Gaijindabe, that's a self-defeating move. If we used less, that would make oil even cheaper! There is no political will to do what needs to be done to preserve oil supply. Most European countries pay twice what we pay for gas and have confiscatory income and VAT taxes with lower incomes to boot. They still pay it! We paid over $3 a gallon a few mos. ago, which is still pretty cheap and people still paid it and drove to work. The only way consumption here will get under control is if the gubmint imposes a shifting tax with a price floor, so that even as oil prices drop, we still pay a lot for gas and continue to consume less. This is like saying if the queen had balls, she'd be king. It ain't ever gonna happen.