I say let the free market do its thing. I for one have started looking at hybrid vehicles. My SUV is simply becoing to expensive to drive. Thats how the free market works, and when more people experience this crunch on their wallets they will start seeking alternate methods of transportation and more efficient vehicles. The high prices will be the catalyst to moving the consumer base to cars that get better mileage, or turn to public transportation. Price controls and government regulation will only serve to further socialize our great nation. People have a tendancy to forget that the CONSUMER makes the decisions in free market economies, and consumers most certainly affect change by their purchasing decisions. If no one bought gas, and demand was significantly less, then companies would have to drop their prices to lure consumers back to the pumps, but as long as everyone is willing to go on paying more and more for their gas, while the supply does not increase, then the oil companies will continue to charge more and more and increase their profits. Let us not rely more and more on the government to take care of these issues for us. Each and every one of us holds the purse strings that make our economy run, and when the people realize that their spending habits are what fuel our economy and product prices, then we will hear less and less about government controls.
