The Detroit Free Press reports that gas prices statewide in Michigan have topped an average of $2 per gallon.
http://www.freep.com/news/driving/gas12e_20041012.htm
It's categorized as a "driving" story on the website, but the fact is, it's an environmental and economic story. It's a story of the corruption of our system. I turned 16 and started driving the year of the Mideast oil embargo, 1973. Politicians started promising "energy independence" for America and have kept doing so for 31 years. We import more oil than ever today. Yet the solutions are obvious -- conserve, and develop renewables. But the fossil fuel lobby has a lock on both major parties. If we'd done the right things 31 years ago, the price of gasoline would be an afterthought, instead of a driver for too much of our foreign policy and a wedge against the environment.
Posted by Dave at October 12, 2004 09:38 AM