I've been manifesting this for years and am happy with a punctuation mark every time I round some corner and see gas prices falling, falling, falling down--down to $2.99/gal. today. I envision 98, 99 cents/gal., like back in the day, when I was a kid.
We can do it, Iowa.
It's somewhat too late to get ahead of the game, since 2012 was the hottest year in Earth's history, which just came out in the press, undeniably due to global warming, so stand up for making the choice to honor the Earth while U're here, trading in 4 a hybrid, learning to ride, using your feet. Riding together. Place yourself in a better location so that you completely diminish your driving time.
An enlightened society would place biology first. The Earth's and our own. This is a huge element of the Tapas of a modern, United States of American yogi/ni, from my teaching/leadership/perspective.