People have forgotten that it was the price of oil going over $100.00 a barrel is what started the '08 economic crash not toxic mortgages. Many companies went broke (Flying J and Semstream) for being on the wrong side of oil future trades and that had a snowball affect that started the collapse of Wall street firms.
If we don't get lower and sustained costs of oil, then this weak recovery we are going through will evaporate.
What we need is MORE ethanol from CORN.(sarc)