Some of the nation's biggest oil companies are looking at permanently reducing how much gasoline and diesel fuel they make, a move that analysts say would almost certainly trigger higher prices for drivers. Energy companies are suffering huge losses from refining because of slumping gasoline use -- a product of the economic downturn and changing consumer habits and preferences. Energy experts say refining cutbacks have begun and will accelerate as corporations strive for profits.


On the words of Rod Serling,
Imagine if you will...
Life in America in 2010 if the previous administration had concentrated on Afghanistan and and dealt with Iraq diplomatically.