Gas Prices Too High? It's Time to Pray

It's things like this that give California a bad name, or rather, that make people think Californians are nuts. As an S.F. Bay Area resident, I'd rather not see more ammo given to the rest of the country.

Friday Rocky Twyman, 59, a community organizer, church choir director and public relations consultant from the Washington, D.C. suburbs - who knows why he came to S.F., except perhaps it was the first major city to hit a $4.00 per gallon average gasoline price - held a pray-in at a S.F. gasoline station.

"God is the only one we can turn to at this point," said Twyman. "Our leaders don't seem to be able to do anything about it. The prices keep soaring and soaring. God, deliver us from these high gas prices," Twyman said. "That's all they have to say."

While Twyman may have good intentions, he should look at across the Atlantic if he and others want to see high gasoline prices. Complaints are fine, but let's be honest: oil is a finite resource, and with any finite resource, as you run out of it, prices go up.

Unless prayer creates new oil reserves, it's not going to help much. Neither are calls for Bush to stop adding to the strategic petroleum reserves (a mere drop in the bucket compared to our daily use) or the increased use of ethanol.

Despite all this, Twyman is convinced his prayers may work. "I've seen him work miracles in my life," Twyman said. "He told us that all we need to do is ask and believe. He can do it, and he will do it, but we have to ask him to do it."