Fill up your car, or your stomach?

You might want to think twice about driving to McDonald's.

With gas prices now standing at about $3.90 a gallon, energy costs have now passed 6 percent of spending—a level that Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, says is a "tipping point" for consumers.
Of the six US recessions since 1970, all but the "9-11 year 2001 recession" have been linked to—of not triggered by—energy