So what you're saying is because we cannot have instant gratification, we shouldn't even try?

Please explain how the government is trying to control all aspects of your lives. Government is not the cause of high gas prices, speculators are. Commodities traders who are speculating on war in Iran and the Middle East, and oil refining companies playing on those fears to boost profits, are the cause. Did you know that even if we "Drill Baby Drill" as you so obviously want to, that there is NO guarantee that any oil generated will be sold in this country to bring down fuel prices? You can frack from sea to shining sea, and the oil may still be sold to China.

But you keep buying your Ford Expeditions and feeding your kids junk food just to show your "freedom." Don't let reality stand in your way.

"Rising gas prices is just another example of how the government is trying to control all aspects of our lives" I'm a little slow. Can you please explain specifically how rising gas prices are an example of government control of our lives?

Government is not the one raising gas prices, please pay attention to what goes on in the world.

Please cite your sources. Claims pulled out of thin air and Fox News do not constitute facts.

Start with google, there are many sources on IPCC emails. The scientists in their own words discuss suppressing critics, manipulating data to ensure out comes, etc. It's no secret they have destroyed data and refuse to share all their sources to avoid the scrutiny of a peer review.

While I understand you do not like Fox because it doesn't focus on promoting your agenda/narrative, the truth is what it is. It's a weak position to wholesale dismiss the nation's largest news source.

Google carbon trading, you'll see it's nothing more than an elaborate scheme to tax and influence peddle. Different industries are taxed at different rates for producing carbon and the abuses of over allocation of credits to connected entities is well documented.

Let me quote B@B, sources please. Feel free to include anyone you'd wish.

Let me quote Phil Jones IPCC "I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline."

IPCC lead author Kevin Trenberth, "The fact is that we can't account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can't."

As for that 150 years, lets assume for sake of discussion you are right. Lets look at how the world has changed in the past 150 years. In 1862, we didn't have electricity, slavery just ended, no radio, no TV, no internet, no dishwashers, no clothes washing machines, no air plains, safety razors, polygraphs, sonar, gyrocompass, cellophane, cars, instant coffee, movies, computers, air conditioning, refrigeration, "progressives", nylon, electron microscope, dialysis machines, atomic energy, nuclear energy, microwave oven, velcro, oral contraceptives, solar cells, pacemakers, kevlar, cell phones, Prozac, fuel cells, diesel engine, the list goes on and on and on.

Do you think there maybe something that the free market will produce over the course of the next 150 that would address the energy issue?

I am not an expert in climatology, but if it were as serious as they purport it to be, isn't it criminal that they don't share all the data?

@Thomas Paine,
I go on Patch every so often, and I must say, I notice you comment quite often. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and the beauty of this country is being able to share that opinion freely in forums such as this. That being said, your comments tend to lack solid research, evidence, and sources. You take your opinion, and you find some information somewhere that can possibly be used, typically, taken out of context, to defend your argument. There are two sides to every story, and I see that you are sharing a view that the general public typically ignores, however, after years of individual and privately funded tests, national and international studies from all over the world that prove global warming is a real life and current problem, being able to find a relatively small backing of your point, and using random quotes after searching though Google (very thorough and scientific database I might add) is almost as ridiculous your initial claim of global warming being fake.

As I have mentioned, I don't know if man is causing global warming. I do know there is an industry that is government funded that is trying to sell the idea. Given the amounts of criticism, and the scale of change being demanded, don't you agree it's criminal for the UN not to publish and share ALL it's data and findings so it can be scrutinized? Or does the science fail under scrutiny? Which would be a bigger crime, would it not?

I do agree with you. I think that all evidence should be made public knowledge, however, who knows who did this research, or the sources they used to come up with these results.

Good for you Denise, if more people do what you have we can reduce or dependence on fossil fuels and drive down the price. The market ultimately drives the price of gas at the pumps. Why do you think prices go up during the summer? Too many people take no steps towards reducing their consumption but love to complain about the price. It is time to put up or shut up. In case anyone cares, I drive a Prius converted to a plugin that is charged via electricity from my solar panels. We also have a mini van that unfortunately only gets 20 MPG at best. We use that as infrequently as possible.