It's time to be indignant about indignation. Each time gas prices rise, shrieks are heard in the land as if somewhere in the Constitution there's a right to cheap and plentiful fossil fuels. We've been warned for decades about relying on petroleum for our personal transportation, and people are still furious when it happens — again!
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