In the UK, imminent price rises in the already extortionate cost of fuel are being "excused" by our government as being part of their "green agenda" - which basically means that they're going to force everyone to cut back on their fuel usage by making it just too damn expensive to buy - with the added bonus of implying that anyone who disagrees is "anti-green" and therefore an enemy of society and the Earth as a whole.
Just to put things into perspective for our American members, the average price of petrol (gasoline) in the UK is currently £1.15 per litre (approximately $10.35 per gallon). Of that, only about 48p is the price of the actual fuel - the rest is tax.
Last year, Channel 4 screened a very interesting documentary called "The Great Global Warming Swindle" which raised some very interesting (and probably Inconvenient from Al Gore's point of view) questions:
The Great Global Warming Swindle from Channel4.com