“A similar report Wednesday showed oil, gasoline and other fuel supplies unexpectedly rose sharply. Traders saw both the petroleum and natural gas reports as reasons to sell, as they reinforce data that show consumers are cutting back on their energy use.”
-http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080717/oil_prices.html
It would seem that oil being so expensive encouraged people to use less.
Huh, the laws [...]

I’m sick of upselling. It started with fast food restaurants for me. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t asked to supersize or the equivalent. Now they’ve really crossed the line.
I do not, repeat DO NOT want to buy additional services when I call Charter because my cable internet is not working. I called [...]