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Pity that it's most likely the big oil companies preventing such alternatives from being a reality any time soon.

I don't understand why folks always assume oil companies are to blame for our energy gluttony. It's akin to blaming Wendy's for your weight problem, or RJR for your cigarette addiction costs. No one wants to hear it, but we are a spoiled lot who DEMAND obese quantities of energy for our selfish ways. The energy suppliers react to this DEMAND by trying to provide matching SUPPLIES. Now that supplies of refined product are being strained by Americans' gluttonous energy consumption and natural events, the market dictates that the cost has to rise. Sure, the suppliers benefit from this inflated pricing, but that is the market we have. You can't blame the suppliers for your choice to be an energy pig!

Want to see prices and profits decline? Be a modern day patriot and go on an energy diet just like GW said. But what would he know? He only has access to the world's foremost economic advisers.

[And yes, China has learned well from our gluttony; their energy demands will shortly upset prices to even further heights as they transition their economy to modern standards.]