When the government is in the realm of the Republicans, it seems we always have a war and it relates to oil. Remember Desert Storm was in the realm of dear old daddy Bush. He caused a repression on top of it. When this recent war happened, GW Bush made himself look good by backing the new hydrogen car. Has there been anything said about that since? We have the hybrid, that is one step, but the gas prices the way they are, it also affects the cost of land development, paving our roads, and heating our homes. This inflation of gas prices also trickles down on everyone in the economy because they have to have a larger budget for gasoline. “Sorry kids, I can’t take you to the shore this weekend because I can’t afford to drive there” …so now the vendors at the shore are affected…see how it works….Gee, thanks Mr. Bush.