I wont moan about gas prices. It may be not fair, but thats the price we finally have to pay for crapping up the planet for the past 100 years while being too lazy to look for solutions. These prices are the reason for automakers to notice not everyone is a "dubya" cowboy needing an F150, get off their ass and start building smth environmentally responsible. This is also good for economy because today everyone seem to want to buy Ener1 and such stock and there are even websites created specifically to list green collar jobs. Once electric cars are plentiful there will be urgent need to generate more power and providing we have proper env. laws in place it may be suddenly cheaper to use wind, solar, geothermal than worry about nuke safety and waste disposal. So yes these gas prices are tough on my pocket now (I drive a lot for work) but if they help to enjoy a better tomorrow so be it.
BTW there are lots of alternatives to everyday driving - bicycles, bikes, e-bikes to name a few. People just find cars the most convenient but for some reason those are usually the loudest moaners.