"Yea, and these oil/gas giants are going to sacrifice hundreds of billions in profit to take the government chump change and then seek new sources of energy, NOT!"
The good news is that private companies and technologies are leading the way. Their is a company that builds a conversion kit in Conneticut that allows the car or truck to run on veggie oil. A private business man is making oil (think it is Pennyslvania) out of turkey guts. I agree, it won't be big oil coming to the aid of the American consumer anytime soon but smart private players can use existing and emerging technologies to get around the bureaucratic road blocks that once existed in the 70's for example...