the only way to beat this is to stop using oil. if this country were to switch to alcohol, our problems would be solved. fuel injected cars would be an easy convert and carb cars can be done in an hour or two by someone who knows what they're doing. we (tax payers via the govt) are paying farmers across america to not plant crops. these subsidies would no longer be needed as these farmers could plant corn or sugar to make into alcohol. famers make money/tax payers save money. but best of all, we could tell all the carpet jockeys to take thier barrels of oil, shine em up really nice, turn em sideways, and STICK EM RIGHT UP THEIR CANDY A$$ES. they feel humiliated as prisoners of war, wait till they're prisoners of the pocket book. the middle east was just another third world, poor place until the demand for oil came about. but, the oil companies have politicians paid off and deep into their pockets. [/rant off]