I have no problem with paying high prices at the pump for the short term. Since I was a child, I read the stories of how much previous generations had to sacrifice during WWII for almost four years. Staples were rationed including food, fuel, rubber, tires, shoes, sugar, coffee, meats and dairy products just so our fighting men would not have to go without. Now we have people who are getting the shorts in a bunch because gasoline has gotten more expensive. Have we become a nation of whiny bitches? Apparently so. Suck it up, buttercups.