We've enjoyed low gas prices for so long, we forgot what paying a higher price felt like. It's still a pretty good deal even at $2.50/gl. Have you checked lumber prices lately? Plywood up +200% in a year.

Take a look at this chart, it shows production/consumption of energy is the US in 1998...........click the link- http://eed.llnl.gov/flow/98flow.php

I'm pretty sure that Bush isn't losing sleep over it though.......other than the fact that if gas is still at $2.50/gl come fall, he's cooked.