Comments about ‘Gas prices rise sharply across the U.S., top $4 a gallon in California’

Look at the photo. That big honkin' diesel truck so many use as a runabout these days isn't such a good thing anymore either.

The yo-yo pricing of gasoline, sparked by any whim in the global marketplace -- storms, political upheaval in the Mideast, drought, fires at a refinery in California, etc. -- continues to create risk in the marketplace and hardships on middle class families. Other fossil fuels follow a similar volatile price pattern, creating real problems for powering America's economic recovery.

What's happening with wind power prices at Spanish Fork and Milford? Nothing... boring, boring price stable energy that keeps on producing, regardless of drought, Mideast uprising, nuclear disasters in Japan, hurricanes, oil spills in the Gulf... boring, boring price stability. No risk. Why are renewables price stable? They don't need to be fed any fuel, and their costs are pre-determined primarily by their construction costs.

President Obama is pushing boring price-stable renewable energy and Romney is pushing exciting, price-volatile coal, gas, and Canadian oil (via Keystone XL)...