Why $5 Gas Is Good for America
The skyrocketing cost of oil is sending pump prices soaring. But it’s also subsidizing research into new technologies that can change the energy game. See this page for the full article at Wired News.
And besides that guess some room for political maneuvering opens up, see this report from BBC: Officials from Venezuela and Massachusetts have signed a deal providing cheap heating oil to low-income homes in the US state.