Obviously the price hasn't been derived from supply and demand, as other prices are. I believe that's why people are angry. If bananas suddenly became $50 a bunch, then people would stop buying bananas. Eventually, the price would come down when the bananas were rotting in piles. However, we can live without bananas. Currently, we can't live without oil. We are dependent on it for too many things. There's no way we can stop buying it. We need to pave our roads, heat our homes, fuel our automobiles. We're emotional because we're frustrated.

That's why the answer is not more drilling. It's not more oil. We have no choice but to bring alternative fuels to the marketplace and make them readily affordable to the average consumer. I believe that our future depends on it.


President Emeritus of the Neal Pulcawer Fan Club