excellent point! But lets take this from a national level to an international level. The fact that gas prices are rising isn't because of us. In fact because gas prices hit 4 dollars a gallon American's are begining to conform to this new gas crisis era and consume less gas. So why do gas prices continue to rise? Its because of the other players in the international community. It's booming countries like China who raise the demand for oil which essentially raises the prices in supply and despite the fact that we're attempting to lower the supply side through methods of conservation, its these other countries with bigger populations who are screwing it up for everyone else. stinkyattic is correct in saying that is a much more profound problem.