Have you noticed the price at the pump lately?

Remember this time last year when it seemed the price of gas was going through the roof?

Here at the SmallCapInvestor PRO headquarters in Washington, D.C. a year ago it was $3.84 and on it's way to over $4.50. I had employees seriously considering biking, walking, even roller blading to work it was that ridiculous.

But when the markets collapsed last fall, so did gas prices. We got a nice reprieve just in time for Christmas with prices down to about $1.70.

Well, guess where we are now? $2.69 a gallon. The uptick has been so subtle that no one has complained, but do the math: it's up 58% during what's been the worst recession in a generation!

And here's the thing, it's only going to get worse later this year and early next year as we go into the summer driving season and the economy recovers.

China, India, and all the emerging countries still have a lot of pent up demand (China's been secretly cutting deals all over the world to ensure a steady flow of crude). And here in the U.S. despite all the talk about "going green" and raising mileage standards, we still have a voracious appetite to fuel our SUVs and full size cars.

This will all happen just as we've come off a period of significantly decreased exploration and development of oil resources. Oil  companies have shelved or postponed dozens of major projects and hundreds of smaller ones because of the current economic situation.

This only makes things worse.

The supply and demand imbalance will be huge. We're talking going right past the $4.50 and straight through $5.00 a gallon, we could even see European style prices around $7 a gallon (far fetched? ask the Dutch how much they pay. As of last week gas is a "bargain" at $6.97 compared to the year ago price of $10.64).

Could you ever have imagined that in your life time?

Think back to when you got your first car and how much gas was then. Just think about it for a second. Probably had all the numbers to the right of the decimal point, right? At that time could you have imagined even $5 gas? Well, picture it now, because it's coming.

There is however something you can do right now to shield yourself from the escalating costs of gas. There's a way to get of your money back.

In my SmallCapInvestor PRO service we're loading up on undervalued small cap stocks in the oil exploration, development, and services sector. The three we're keyed in on right now are all under $5, meaning you can really load up on shares.

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Listen, I think it's great that the current president is putting an emphasis on renewable and alternative energies. It's about time and we need them. But the truth is--and it's something very few will admit--that even with 100% dedication to "clean energy" we're still going to be a fossil fuel culture for DECADES: not months or years, but decades.

Read on to find out more...