With Gas Prices, It's Supply and Demand

Let me start with a bit of a controversial statement: Increasing gas prices are not a problem.

Sure, we're going broke at the pump; but our businesses are the real problem. Businesses that factor fuel in as a cost of production are passing those costs down to the consumer.

It's an inflation of a scary nature. Sure, we have some problems with our currency because of the little lending crisis and sure, the dollar is so weak it needs help crossing the street but the gas prices are something entirely different.

When something's too expensive, we turn to cheaper alternatives. That's how markets work.

We shouldn't be lowering gas taxes because it promotes a continuation of our current usage patterns. Fuel efficient cars are becoming a lot more economically attractive and Americans are thinking twice before buying a big truck. When I was little, families had to drive around in lame minivans with small engines. Stop trying to be cool; you don't need to drive your kids around in a Hummer.

Speaking of trucks, let's lower the taxes or even subsidize diesel and make it cheaper for trucks, boats, and trains to transport our goods.

When it comes down to it, I'm much more concerned about my food being expensive than my driving habits. You can find ways around using gasoline, but you can't get around eating.