Gas prices are high, and I am stoked. Sure the price of gasoline is rapidly approaching jet fuel or caviar level at $2.46/gallon (and I'm in one of the cheap states!), but it is resulting in hybrid sales going up, stupid SUV sales going down, and a renewed effort to find alternative sources of power.

Check out these guys who are loading their trunk with batteries and plugging their cars into the wall. Sure, the batteries may have cost $3,000 and weigh enough to decrease fuel economy, but the fact that people are even doing it means there's a market, and if there's a market then automakers will be forced to take notice.

This means there's an outside chance that someday I won't have to dodge massive, gas-guzzling eyesores in an attempt to get to work (or to even leave my parking garage).