On Tue, 23 May 2006 08:53:35 -0400, in a place far, far away, "Jeff
Findley" made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:


"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
.. .
(Eric Chomko) wrote:
:Given W's performance thus far, Kerry would undoubtedly have done better.
:Surely we wouldn't be pay $3 for a gallon of gas.

No, we wouldn't. We'd be paying $6 for a gallon of gas.

And we'd be figuring out ways to conserve, which would actually help
decrease demand in the long run. As things stand today, $3 a gallon is
getting close to the point where the majority of people care about gas
mileage, but not close enough to seriously decrease demand.

Caring about gas mileage does decrease demand. Six bucks a gallon
would have the economy seriously in the tank.