Say it with me, people.
I sent this link to a former co-worker yesterday because I knew that we'd have spent a good deal of time IM'ing about it if he still sat across the cubicle-wall from me.
Say it with me: supply and demand. (Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post.)
I know that gas prices are high; they are just now getting to the point where I am contemplating things like carpooling to the office or working from home for reasons other than the ability to spend all day working in sweats and a t-shirt. But the answer is not to lower gas prices...it strikes me that the best thing we can do to combat this crisis (real or imagined) is to change our behavior in a way that lessens its impact. It'll take more for some people and less for others, but gas prices rising to around $3 a gallon will start to change behavior, and I've seen nothing to convince me this is a bad thing.