What makes you all think that $2.00 per gallon of fuel is expensive?

You go into the grocery store and willingly pay over $4.00 per gallon for bottled water. You just pump this stuff out of a local spring and bottle it. Little shipping, no refining, no taxes.

You pay over $7.00 for a 12 pack of beer (a little over a gallon).
I don't see any complaints about that.

You pay over $4.00 for two 2 liter bottles of Coke (a little over a gallon). Nobody complaining here. A bit of tap water, carbonated and a dose of sugar and caramel color.

You pay nearly $3.50 for a gallon of milk now.

The problem is not with fuel being "too expensive". The problem is with people driving much more than they absolutely have to with vehicles that are five times heavier than what is required to move a 200 lb. man around.

I'd like to see the government impose an additional $1.00 per gallon tax on gasoline. Then, every licensed driver gets a $500. credit on their tax return for the cost of the tax for 500 gallons of fuel. If you can get by with 500 gallons of fuel per year, then the tax costs you nothing. Above 500 gallons, it is $1.00 per gallon. Use what you want.

Fire away