Charles Krauthammer says so much better what I tried to express earlier in my post about how high oil and gas prices are forcing people to do what they would not do earlier when they had a choice.
So now we know: The price point is $4.
At $3 a gallon, Americans just grin and bear it, suck it up and, while complaining profusely, keep driving like crazy. At $4, it is a world transformed. Americans become rational creatures.
Read the whole thing. You might need to register.
Not everyone will appreciate the solution he has apparently been advocating for twenty five years. It is a solution that I also would (have) resist(ed). I am moderately conservative and do not like “tax the living daylights out of it” solutions. But he makes a very good point. And a very good observation.
Now we know. Now we know the point at which Americans will start doing the smart thing.
If George Will speaks directly for God… is Charles Krauthammer the high priest?
