In the strangest way if oil gets to $200 and protests get worse we will be better served.
Leaders of most party's world wide are not hurt by high fuel prices as they fill up.
In a country that uses fuel like we do, some who must spend $300 a week, we need to pressure leaders.
Such prices do, voters are not interested in who is to blame, some blame any one in power.
We however must not forget like it or not lowering use of fuel is not the answer it would destroy some farmers and small businesses.
If oil prices bubble busts now we may wait years for the innovations we need now.

Steel>"The Murray Darling river is a perfect example. Instead of leaving the river healthy, the water is sucked dry by thousands of irrigators and towns, every last drop until the river doesn't exist anymore in all it's former glory. States have encouraged people to do this."

Looks like I was well informed and prescient. The scientific report that was leaked a week *after* my comment describes how dire the situation is. I've said it a couple of times over the last year, too.