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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> I'd say that the refinery problems are much the same thing.  As  
> soon as they
> want to jack the price of gas they start crying that the refineries  
> have to
> be down for maintenance, blah, blah, blah.  Then when they get the  
> prices up
> the "maintenance" problems go away until the next time they have to  
> explain
> why the price of gas has gone up.

I have a problem with this and previous threads. Here I see lots of  
doom and gloom. I see lots of accusations about "them," and the  
sneaky, conniving or stupid--take your pick--things "they" are doing  
to manipulate supply and therefore prices, which is the pain button  
to which we respond most predictably.

With the major exception of James, I see very little "me" in the  
responsibility area.

Are any of us really going to build some kind of home energy  
production device? I doubt it.

We little guys can do nothing about the global energy situation. What  
we can do is to plan and prepare for how we will live when gas prices  
rise ever higher, to the point of financial pain. Like health, we  
must take personal responsibility. It ain't about "them" or "they."  
It's about each of us personally.