Bush Prepared to Tap Heating Oil Reserve

the way you save energy is you _don't_ increase the supply.

everything that's released gets used.

everything that's not, doesn't.

price just decides what gets cut back to meet supply.

"We've had a very severe pair of episodes, they have damaged the (energy) infrastructure," Bodman said at a news conference held with the Alliance to Save Energy, a private energy conservation group. Bodman said the country can be expected to face high heating oil and natural gas prices this winter.

But he added, with conservation "we can be successful in minimizing the pain caused by high energy prices this winter."