Old Mel

I used to work with an old engineer who had worked for an electric utility for most of his life (he has retired now). And he often repeated the statement that "You can have cheap electricity, or you can have reliable electric power, or you can protect the environment, but you can't have all three!"

The current gasoline situation is analogous:
We have a reliable source of gasoline (no shortages this time!).
We are protecting the environment (at your local gas station, at local fuel storage facilities, at the refineries, on the outer continental shelf, on federal lands, in the Arctic, in ANWR, etc.).
But we do not have cheap gasoline.

Old Mel's statement applies to gasoline -- we have our two out of three.

So here are our choices: expensive gasoline, long lines at gas pumps, or risking environmental damage at your local gas station, at local fuel storage facilities, at the refineries, on the outer continental shelf, on federal lands, in the Arctic, in ANWR, or wherever?

Judging the packed streets and freeways in the Seattle area, Americans are choosing expensive gasoline with gusto!