It not just the Reps. Clinton was afraid to address the issue also. Carter was the only pres that had the guts to drive CAFE and help somewhat towards decreasing dependency. Because the Washington govt, it's also environmentalists that have to take some of the blame. They have pushed only natural gas. No hydro, no nuclear, no clean coal, little wind, little solar, no pumping oil from alaska, no new refineries. I don't think gasoline is the major product of refineries.

The only way to have gas prices go down again is to:
1. have 0.00% oil products used for heating
2. have 0.00% oil products used for electricity
3. have government transportation payments directly to commuters for using non-motor vehicles