Reply #4: I respectfully disagree. The energy situation is going to get far worse [View All]

[milkyway]

than this. Hurricane Ivan last year disrupted the oil supply, and you can count on there being more hurricanes next year and thereafter that go through the Gulf of Mexico causing disruptions to the oil supply.

To me, the Reserve should be used only in times of an extreme energy crisis (for instance, a revolution in Saudi Arabia that suddenly leaves us without oil from there, or during a real war of national defense). And even then, it should be used only sparingly while in conjunction with strict conservation measures. It shouldn't be used to save people a couple nickels when filling their SUV's every time there's a bump in the supply.

Also, with all the human suffering that's happened and will happen to the people on the Gulf coast, it seems almost obscene to hear gas-guzzling Americans complain about the hurricane's effect on the price of gas. Where's Jimmy Carter when we need him?