Midc, My point on the bailouts, was that the oil conglamerates that you mentioned,as well as ExxonMobil, whom I retired from, did not get bailed out in 2008. As you said that is how it should be. The profit margin of major banks is larger than the oil companies. Major oil will survive. The ceo of ExxonMobil said they are good to $40 a barrel. But a lot of the oil companies are small and will stop temporarilly or go out of business because there will be no profits.(most business is in it for profit) Then loss production will cause the overstock to fall and prices will rise. It is a viscious cycle. I'm not gonna go under, but was just trying to show there is also a down side to lower gas prices. I certainly like spending a couple hundred a month less on gas. I also agree the govt. should not subsidize corn growers, to force a product on us that performs worse and costs more.(although it probably has helped outboard repair shops) As far as more people filling up to go fishing, down here I don't know where we can put them. I haven't noticed any tail off of fishermen or for that matter traffic, because of the higher gas prices. Hope you catch a bunch!!