George W. Bush , Sarah Palin , Newt Gingrich , Sean Hannity , and the misguided Republicans who stayed behind to protest during the congressional recess are wrong . If the petroleum industry and their apologists in politics and the media get their way , and they pump the wells dry before turning to alternatives , a worldwide economic catastrophe will ensue . Had the leaders of the Carter and Reagan administrations been more courageous and foresighted following the last energy crisis , the shift from expensive and dirty fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy would be well underway . Instead , oil costs $ 110 per barrel , gas and diesel cost averages of $ 3.68 and $ 4.12 per gallon respectively in the United States , and the transition from petroleum has hardly begun .

Question: Why is the narrator so pessimistic about the United States ?
Answer: They do n't like gas prices .They do n't like George Bush .They do n't like Sarah Palin .None of the above choices .