How many of you don't want the price of gas to drop because it will bring about a slow shift away from high oil consumption?

Yes! I want it to drop. I say that more out of necessity than anything else. There's no more reason to continue to use fossil fuels, and it's apparent that oil and gas resource availability is waning. So sooner rather than later we won't have any left anyhow. Countries that were developing are now prospering (i.e. China and India), so now we're splitting the same amount of resources with a lot more people. Things will become much like the contention between the houses of Dune, fighting over the valuable and limited amount of spice (viz. OIL). We've become lazy and highly dependent on a resource that we will soon be lacking, and never have we taken advantage of science and research enough to effectively find something more environmentally sound, and more abundant. We can put people on a space station orbiting the Earth, but yet we can't find other means of energy resources. I don't feel sorry for anyone that grumbles and groans about the price of gas. I stopped driving 2 years ago, and still have the ability to get around. Those folks are just big fat cry babies, who can't have their way. Get over it, because if you don't now, you will have to sooner or later. Stop being lazy and fearful of the elements, and become more self reliant. Sure you can go out and spend $1000's a month on expensive gas, but god forbid you go invest that money in alternative energy solutions for your homes. Environmentalists fight nuclear power, whining about how unsafe and toxic it is for us, yet the U.S. government has well over a handful of warships running off of it. When we run out of fuel, we'll all be poor, and there will be no one to blame but yourselves. No more oil! No more Bush! No more war! Let's solve the problem already, and stop paying into the deceit of mankind.