Record high gas prices are prompting Americans to drive less for the first time in nearly three decades, squeezing family budgets and causing major shifts in driving habits, federal data and a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll show. Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
Americans were "rattled" by gas prices back in the early 1970s during the first Arab oil embargo. But as soon as the spigot was back on we became un-rattled and quickly forgot just how vulnerable we as a nation were to such disruptions. Now that the world has hit peak oil production -- it's downhill from here -- the situation is permanent. For those of us who yearned for a day of judgment for all those SUV and Hummer drivers on the road -- that day has arrived. Rattle on, you foolish folks.
