I predict $3 + gas again by Memorial Day.
How many times have we seen Big Oil raise the prices to the bursting point where folks start to get involved with alternative energy solutions and then back off to the point where folks get back to the fold because those alternatives become $costly$.
The first time I put a motor on a bike (Dimension Edge Techumseh friction on a 700c wheel mtn. bike) was in 2001 before 911 because I thought that when the price of gas went to $2 people would be mad about it enough to go for a cheap and easy alternative. A bunch of folks around were all fired up about doing the right thing, wind energy, hydro, solar, bio fuels, energy efficient housing, the whole shebang. The gov't promised tax breaks for those that got on the bus. Well we all know how that turned out. And I am old enough to remember the "oil crisis" of the 70's too. Same scenario.
But the $4 threshold seemed to open more eyes, mostly because at the same time the economy was under fire too. Well all you have to be is somewhat smart to see that the same fiasco is again afoot. The new regime is supposed to have all kinds of alt energy legislation coming down the pipe and the price of energy will stay low until that little bubble is burst. Wait and see.
In the meantime we should all be forging ahead and gathering our bike buds while we may so to speak and keep creating some real change, not just the type that the Gov't via the MSM is promising.
Lest we forget,
