Well, with regard to refining capacity, the Oil Industry should hold to the same standards as any other business. When times are really good for them, take that money and invest it in additional refining capacity or whatever capacity they need, if need be offshore to avoid the NIMBY thing. I'm sure there are lots and lots of countries out there that DO want the investment in their country, the jobs, and the tax revenues.
As to the 2nd question, I suspect when people finally and really do have to choose between eating and driving on a large scale, then you'll see more of a groundswell. As long as it's only really hurting lower middle-class and lower class people, I suspect the groundswell will be nothing more than the grousing we have currently (personally, I would have thought a 200% plus increase in the cost of gas tacked onto the skyrocketing prices of day to day staple items like milk, eggs, etc... would've pushed that groundswell along a little faster, but I guess we humans are a thick-headed lot.
