We came up with the atomic bomb and put a man on the moon.
Energy independence is child’s play compared with those two. All that’s lacking is the will.
Nope, putting a man on the moon is relatively child’s play when you have the Federal governments black check and a single mission.
East European Jews figured out that the atom bomb was theoretically possible. That was the genius and difficult part. The US government figured out the specific formula by using massive dollars and man hours to figure out the exact recipe.
This is the forever war. We can’t write every energy consumer a blank check.
Maybe a genius at MIT or Cal Tech will figure it out. Put you simply can’t force genius results with a massive check and massive man hours.