Lies by the oil companies

The last few days I have heard an add on the local country radio station that says that the shortage of gas and the long lines at the pump were because of taxes and price fixing by the government. If my memory serves me correctly, mid-east countries stopped selling to us because of our policies toward Israel. Please confirm or correct this memory. They gist of this ad was that we should do business as usual with regard to our oil policy. I completely disagree with the idea that we should not raise taxes on gasoline. Not because it would stop us from using as much, but, because the additional tax revenue should go to building the infrastructure to make us energy independent. In the course of making us energy independent we should also insist that non-carbonaceous fuels are developed. It is possible to fix two HUGH problems with one stone.
With the use of wind and solar power to make molecular H2, we could be energy independent in no time at all. Oh yeah, BP says that they are developing alternate energy, check it out. It is a pittance. Only enough to put on the good guys face. Since, the oil companies don't want to be the change producers, we need to take action to see to it that the changes come before someone starts lobbing nukes to control the oil. Lets raise the gas tax! Then, let's take that money and build a safe, clean, and home based long term energy structure.