I guess some of you guys are getting tired of my posts on the political response to high gas prices, but I'm fascinated by it for some reason. Partially, I think it's that it gives us a sense of how long it's going to take the public to realize what's going on. I know many of the readers think that the government response is just totally not worth examining at all, but I think we're missing something if we don't keep tabs on it. As long as the government ignores the issue of depletion, the people will stay in the dark too. And I still firmly believe that nothing is going to change until a majority of the populace realizes what's going on, and demands some kind of action (or starts conserving--which only happens when governments force them to).

Bubba says that no matter what the government does, it won't make a difference as to what the gas prices are. Yeah, I think that's probably true, but the rest of the country doesn't. Furthermore, to some extent, we do rely on the politicians to bring awareness of some issues to the public, which is why it would be great to really push for the Bartlett for President 2008 idea. Not because he'd win, just because he'd bring the issue to the public.