Matt Whiting wrote:

As much as I hate paying $3.19 (today's price, up 40 cents in the last
two days), this is likely the best thing to ever happen here with regard
to energy. Maybe the urban and suburban folks will realize that farmers
need large pickups, but soccer moms and yuppies don't.

Our area farmers can't afford the fuel prices when they were "good" as
compared to now. Many here have simply started raising cattle. Rice,
soybeans, sugercane and wheat can't produce a profit at the current
market price they bring...