My dad works in the energy industry, and warned me about this over 10 years ago, back when gas was cheap and SUVs were just taking off. For the next decade, I always bragged about the gas mileage and reliability of my Honda Civic whilst everyone I knew laughed and talked about their horsepower and towing capacity. (How many times a year do you tow a house, anyway?)
Now, same conversation, and all my friends nod appreciatively. Funny how that works out. The part that gets me is I've been robbed of almost all of my "I told you so's" since all but one of my buddies can even recollect that I've been speaking about this for so long. (Selective memory, I suppose...they want to pretend it's been a big shock, these gas prices. Oh well.)