A funny thing happened on the way to $200 a ban-el oil. The price touched $147.27 and fell back to around $100 per barrel. (Who knew speculators had such power?) And though the danger of expensive oil destroying the global economy might have eased (that's being done by the credit and mortgage crises), the real problem once again is complacency: complacency in conservation, complacency in not investing in and developing alternative fuel technologies, complacency in not demanding the U.S. government develop a comprehensive energy plan that promises the United States energy independence in less than 10 years.
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