We actually want opposite. Government is already colluding with oil companies to control price of gas. They've been subsidising every gallon sold to lower price to less than actual cost. And letting oil companies getting away with not paying any taxes.
I think what you're after is change in policy in how government deals with oil companies. Yeah, forget about that. Too many in-bred big-business connections between them. Many govnt offcials are oil execs and vice versa. Condoleeza Rice has Chevron oil-tanker named after her. We installed Unocal exec as President of Afghanistan, etc.
It's really Eisenhower who started it. He proclaimed we will build society, culture and infrastructure "around the automobile", and now we're facing repercussions from that. I think he finally regretted that in end and warned of the growing military-industrial complex monster that was developing...
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