I think thast a large number of Americans would disagree with you on this being an emergency. I do. This kind of rise if not stopped and turned back could cause a recesion. Many people in this country would care a great deal on that.
I agree many think that way, but it is a reactionary point of view not based in reality. What has been the change in the cost per mile of transportation over the past couple years? Include vehicle, depreciation, interest rates, maintenance, insurance as well as fuel. If you take a new Chevy Tahoe, drive it four years at 12,000 miles per year, changing gas price from $1.50 to $2.50 increases the cost per mile about 10%.
Who cares? That makes it an emergency?
I do.
Many people are sucked into every single bugaboo that comes along. Prices of commodities have risen and fallen for as long as man has existed. It's the natural order of things, not an emergency.
This kind of rise if not stopped and turned back could cause a recesion.
So you should be advocating the government get out of the energy business altogether. Instead you are arguing for government to set prices and grab power unconstitutionally.
Many people in this country would care a great deal on that.
And most of them are Democrats advocating government interference in the free market. No REAL conservatives are numbered among them.