Oiled Again!

I thought it was finally coming to pass.  

This past weekend, there was a Houthi terrorist attack on two major Saudi Arabian oil refineries (one attack shown above), which may or may not have been spearheaded by Iran, which supports the Houthi rebels in Yemen.  (There were no casualties.)  After this, I assumed that people would realize that the age of cheap oil is over and that we'd get a huge spike in oil and gasoline prices that would make us more cognizant of carbon emissions, get us to drive smaller cars and use more mass transit, and - hopefully - get SUVs off the goddamned road.  Especially with the attack on the refinery showing what an unstable place the Middle East is.   And Trump, who started rattling his saber against Iran again, was likely to get sucked into a recession caused by an oil shortage not unlike those of the 1970s.

Never mind.  The Saudis said they could get their refinery - responsible for five percent of the world's oil production - up in running in a few weeks, and oil prices plummeted.  Gasoline is still cheap - too cheap.  And while Americans happily buy gas-guzzling monster wagons. Trump - who is issuing more sanctions on Iran, even though there's not much left to sanction - is also moving to kill the tougher fuel economy standards observed in California.

Which means that, until further notice, I won't be able to see anything up ahead on the road because of behemoths like this!         

This is a GMC Yukon.  As far as I'm concerned, Yukon have it!

Once again I thought we were finally getting away from these awful vehicles, and the Saudis screw me in the ear. Thanks a lot, guys. >:-(