MSD

I haven't heard anyone telling me that they have to choose between gas and food, or paying for gas and paying for living expenses. I haven't seen any station run out of gas. I haven't seen anyone stop shipping goods because the price of transporting goods on diesel-powered trucks is too high. Where's the crisis? We're in a period in which the highest prices for gas are being charged after inflation adjustments. There's no crisis. When I have to sell my car and take public transportation because I can't afford gas, then there's a crisis. The only difference between this year and last year is that I'm cutting down on the joyriding and pointless trips that I used to make, and therefore am creating less road wear and pollution. HIgh gas prices are doing me a favor. I'll call it a crisis when I have to sell my Lincoln, buy a Honda, and rip out the front seat and sit in the back so I have enough leg room. You want a real crisis, there are 80,000 people standing around on highway overpasses while raw sewage and dead bodies float under them. That's a crisis.

edit: I'm not targeting you personally, you just happened to be the one who used the term "gas crisis."

double edit: to answer the first question, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand