Yet another screw-the-economy-for-the-sake-of-gasoline-while-ignoring-bigger-issues hippy diatribe. How about refraining from truly wasteful activities like... uh... Burning Man? How about we, the global "we", start working on coal mine fires instead of worrying about US gas consumption? The fires in China alone are equivalent to 50% to 100% of US gasoline green house emissions, and at least one of them has been burning since the Qing Dynasty! That isn't taking into account the coal fires in India. Both of these countries are given a pass by Kyoto to keep on polluting, because they are developing countries. But instead of raising awareness about more pressing and severe global issues, you'd rather subject the people of the United States with onerous taxes and burdens because gasoline is evil. We have some of the cleanest burning vehicles in the world. We are not the problem going forward; As China and India develop further they will become bigger and bigger polluters. What we really need to be doing is helping them develop is a clean, efficient way and convince them enviro regulations are a good thing. Unfortunately, China sucks. If we can't even get them to not poison our dogs and give lead paint to our children, then we don't have a chance in getting them on board the green machine.