Guys, don't forget that most of us probably had a hand in killing that car as well. I know I did. I purchased my Ford Expedition in September of 1997. Not to make excuses, but I was completely ignorant of my place in the world. I was completely self-centric (being only 21, that's not totally unheard of). September 11th and the events that followed were a real wake up call for me.

That being said, I still think things are going to play out similar to the 70's. Oil will continue to climb to a breaking point. Once that hits (probably not too much further out since we're announcing "plans" for energy independence), OPEC will open some reserves or find some way of dropping their prices to an obscenely low level similar to what we saw in the late 80's early 90's. The big question then is do we go back to our national drug (petrol) or do continue to push for energy independence and lower emissions.