[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Drifter', 'I') don't drive at all. Don't even own a car.

[TheDude]

One possibility is the POTUS using H Bombs as leverage: The Nuclear Option. This assumes said President has the best interests of the American public in the first place.

Would consuming nations attempt an embargo of car exports to producing nations that show massive increases in domestic consumption? This is the sort of subject that crosses my mind a lot, but you never hear the like from members of Congress, never mind Pres candidates.

Not on board with the speculative theories. Can't wait for the vote, I think they're waiting until Sept. to gather evidence or some such rubbish. Expect any available effigy to get the torch. Dem resistance to expanded drilling etc. will, in the wake of $6+/gallon gas, collapse - along with sundry other items...

You can stop any time, Plant. Partisan sniping is about as exciting as watching heavily medicated invalids play lawn darts. Orlov: "In the Soviet Union at election time you only had the one bitter pill of the Communist Party. In the US with the Capitalist Parties you have two placebos."

[dbruning]

One of my coworkers is a fairly bright guy. He's convinced the issue is a weakening US economy and speculation causing the run-up in price.

I actually agree with him that those reasons are probably making things worse. The only question I have is if they are the only responsible factors...

My guess is they are not. But trying to convince him otherwise was singularly unrewarding.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'D')em resistance to expanded drilling etc. will, in the wake of $6+/gallon gas, collapse ... Partisan sniping