I for one am not an "oil millionaire". The appropriate cost of gas from an economic standpoint is roughly $6-$8 a gallon when you factor in the military costs, foreign aid (to countries only b/c they help supply oil and to stabilize oil rich regions), road construction and repair. $1.50 is ridiculous and $3 is really way too cheap also.

I personally drive and use gasoline as if it costs $6 a gallon. When I choose to make a 10 mile trip - I try to think as if that costs me $1.20 instead of the $.60 it really does. Just imagine how few SUVs would be out there if people thought that way....

I've often thought that the best way to help with carbon output in today's political climate would be to over regulate the refineries (or sabotage them....) so that gas prices would rise more. It is too hard to have real political solutions when people are not willing to accept $6 a gallon gas. Cheap gas is the problem, not government conspiracy to raise the price.