1)OMG! sigma, i never thought that we would agree on anything ever! holy crap!
2)this is not the fault of the suv drivers
3)blame can be placed at all levels of the oil and fuel game starting with saudi arabia who has decided to turn the spiget down. sourced from the link in the first post
4)iraq shouldn't even be considered in this debate since we haven't been getting any oil from them for the last 14 years anyways.
5)i absolutely believe in profit! but i also believe in charging a fair price. this is evidenced by the prices my family charges at our sunglass shops. all the oil companies should be so open minded. i guarantee if one of them adopted our (my family) pricing strategy and incorporated the service stations in the idea they would make a killing at a slightly lower cost per gallon no less.
6)we have been though this before, although i can't personally remember. therefore methinks we will get through this as well although not soon enough for my wallet.
7)for the person who said that suv's are polluters.....ford
is striving (if it has not already done so, i can't remember it completeness right now) to make all of it's trucks low emissions vehicles (LEV) and then wants them to be ultra low emissions vehicles (ulev). this i read in motortrend maybe a year or so ago.
8)tree huggers take note. if you really feel that suv are the real cause of these fuel prices then you can do your part by riding your bicycle everywhere like the mormons do. or better yet...move to the amish country.

00 black/tan svt, #2052 of 2150, born 2/1/00 formerly known as my csvt "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King, Jr.