All corporate America and Uncle need is an excuse to control your life style.
We use too much oil - so control our usage through high prices, limited quanity and taxes. Does no one remember the late 70's? Gas shortage my a**.

Once they have us paying $10/gallon and accepting it, gas will flow like water and the mega-land-boats will replace all the hybrids again.

Its a horrible-cycle and we all just play along.