Nobody gets it!!!! We have PLENTY of oil here in the United States PLENTY but they say our refinerys cannot break down the oil so they send it overseas to be refined and they sell it back to us......its not the Oil Companies .....ITS OUR GOVERNMENT!! WAKE UP PEOPLE.........we are paying off our national debt through our gas tanks...please read The Non Energy Crisis by Lindsey Williams.........maybe then ya'll will understand!!!!

China is drilling 60 miles off of the Flordia coast,but we are not allowed, for thirty years we haven't been allowed to drill or build refineries thanks to the democrat extremist,Wake up America

You will never convince me the economy is "bad" when so far this year, we have seen RECORD spending on computers, big-screen TV's, and video games, just to mention a few. We spent $500 million bucks on ONE stupid video game when it debuted...A GAME?!?! Last week we spent almost a Billion dollars going to the movies. So yeah, I can see where our economy is bad...

Those of you suggesting that we pause consumption for one day or one month are not thinking this thing through...let's assume it DOES result in lower prices for a day or two (because of the decreased demand.) However, what happens the next day...or month...when everyone needs to fill their tank up? Fuel is something that we are going to need EVENTUALLY...if you delay your need, you are simply shifting the demand variable to another day and making it much higher than average.

Nice thought, but it won't work...

Welcome to the real world, folks! Except for newly successful economies like like India and China, the rest of the world has paid high prices for gas. Why do you think we're the only country dumb enough to encourage soccer moms to drive their kids to school in Suburbans and young studs drive around in Hummers?

Since part of the price of gas has to do with world supply and demand, we're not going to see many changes. I doubt if India and China, who are just starting to share the wealth, …will be willing to go backward just for our convenience!

American's need to understand that everything they do has to be paid for some how. We want services, war, big cars, big houses, lots of "things", it costs. More