I'll point out that compared to the gas crisis of the 1970's, it's not all that expensive depending on how one looks at it. First, I can get gas any time I need to, whereas in the 70's one had to plan so that one didn't run out of gas on an even day with an odd numbered license plate or visa versa.

But as to cost, I was a teenager and worked a minimum wage job. I had to work about an hour and twenty minutes to earn enough money, after taxes, to buy a gallon of gas.

Today, at minimum wages, it takes something like 40 minutes to earn, again after income taxes are considered, a gallon of gas. (At California prices, which are for some inexplicable reason higher than the rest of the country.)

So while the prices are onerous, the situation is, relatively speaking, not as bad as it has been in the past.

That doesn't mean I'm happy with the situation... but it's easier to bear.