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The best way to invent an alternative to oil is to use all the oil up first. That's the fundamental difference between me and my liberal friend. We have this argument all the time. He thinks the world will literally end and die if we use up our oil, hence, we must ration it as long as possible, ban SUVs, etc. I think that an alternative will manifest itself when the need for it comes, and right now the only reason oil prices are high are because of (1) weak dollars and (2) the Middle East hates us.

We need to start drilling in ANWR, build new refineries, and nationalize & simplify environmental regulations such that we don't have the insane 20-different-mixtures-floating-around-the-country-at-any-given-time stuff going on because environuts in each state all have a different idea of what's a clean burning oil mix.

And of course, it'd be nice to crush and conquer those evil Muslim countries, colonize them, and produce oil cheaply for the US & her friends only. But that's just a fantasy :)