We're only hurting ourselves.
I'm pro environmental conservation, but I'm not stupid enough to say we can't successfully drill and tap into our own resources to aid our country from the death grip of OPEC countries. People that tout and scream about destroying our environment and demand that we not "ruin" it with pipelines and drill stations are some of the biggest morons on the planet. I guess they're cool with sleeping at night knowing that the majority of every gas stop they make is funneling money into the hands of countries who have NO interest in our well being, would like to overpower us, and are only on good terms with us because we keep them afloat with mass amounts of fuel money.
We unfortunately don't have the reserves that many of the middle-eastern countries that we rely on do, or other places around the world, but it for damn sure WOULD help us to utilize what we have. That's like having every tool in the shed and not using them because you don't want to risk hammering your thumb.
So while the majority of the country blindly follows the "norm", all of us will suffer as a result and see our slice of "freedom" get thinner and thinner over the years. I personally will not go buy an eco-car just to save a few bucks on gas. You'd have to almost pay me to jump in a soda can on wheels that offers zero driving pleasure and is going to have just as much as environmental impact as any other vehicle due to the refinement, production, disposal, and replacement of batteries and whatnot.
Do I want to see $5 a gallon? Hell no. And yes, I'll bitch about it... but I'm not going to tuck my tail between my legs and compromise MY lifestyle because of the world's problems. Our country is become less and less American everyday and we're just on the sinking ship. Some of us realize it, some don't.
We have been fortunate up to this point to enjoy some very low fuel costs, comparatively, looking an European countries, Australia, etc. Of course, 3rd world countries that are fuel producers have $.25 gas, but would you really accept living in an s-hole country to have a lower cost of living? Not me.
