"It's Deja vu all over again!"

I guess you bambinos have no recollection of the 70s & 80s. Jim, the reluctant Boomer, should though. We had this problem licked at one time. The solution was greater efficiency in energy consumetion, most visibly in autos. How do you think the Japanese conquered the American auto market? It wasn't a sudden love of small cars on the part of American consumers.

This time around I don't care that much because I have a good public transportation system. You folks are gonna have to do like your parents (HEAVENS, NOT THAT!); dump the gas guzzler and buy a fuel efficient vehicle. The Japanese economy is saved once again by profligacy accross the Pacific!