"Gas prices aren't high enough." "The government subsidizes the price of fuel?" Are you kidding me? Where are you hearing this nonsense. The last I checked oil was traded in the future markets and wholesale prices are driven by, thank God, a market-driven economy, i.e. supply and demand.
Have any of you people checked the news lately? Our economy is in a huge tailspin, partly due to the high cost of gasoline. Everything, even your precious bicycles, is affected by the higher cost of fuel. Have you checked the unemployment rates lately? Haven't you heard that the higher cost of fuel has been directly linked to layoffs and stifled growth? Whether you want to admit it or not the entire world economy, especially ours, is driven by oil/energy. When energy costs go up so does EVERYTHING else. If the cost goes too high, like it did a month or so ago, you start to see fewer dollars in the economy as these extra dollars are going for energy costs. Ultimately, as consumers spend less, the economy slows down and people lose jobs.

Don't get me wrong I am all for saving and conserving energy but let's not get carried away. I am all for working towards reducing our country's dependence on oil and at the same time working towards a cleaner energy source, but mandating or regulating the price of gasoline is not the way to do it.

Thanks for letting me rant.