Everyone has someone/people they prefer to blame for some things I'm sure, I like to blame the entire "group" of people we call Congress for things like the value of the dollar dropping, large government & spending, open borders, taxes, and lots of things. Oil, hey it's a commodity and a supply demand thing, we could have done something over the years to increase supply on our side, we still are not, so that would be our fault as well. Oil is the life blood of the planet, it has caused wars, and will keep causing them. There will be no alternative energy for a long time, smart thing is to start drilling and refining while we at the same time find a good alternative (not some knee jerk reaction like ethanol) and someday start a transition into that.