i'm glad they're high, and i hope they go even higher, because then there might be enough people screaming about price increases to get selfish bastards not to drive their car ten yards down the road, or to get one which is economical, rather than being a status symbol/penis substitute/wankmobile, thus fucking the environment. there is talk of the sharp rise in allergies/asthma/all sorts of common conditions being due to raised pollution and compromised immune systems, which is, obviously, caused in part by car exhaust fumes.