[liberallarry]

The keys to kicking oil addiction are lowering the mass of vehicles per person transported, lowering the number of people transported and the number of miles they travel.

The Internet, which allows a lot of work and shopping to be done at home, is a good start. But proceeding from there will not be easy.

[PJammers]

"The keys to kicking oil addiction are lowering the mass of vehicles per person transported, lowering the number of people transported and the number of miles they travel."

How do you propose do do that? Most of the power that the internet uses is from a power plant that is fired by fossil fuels.

Nuclear energy is a tried an true method of reducing dependency on foreign sources of fossil fuels. I would also like to see more coal conversion strategies.

These "exotic" methods of making alcohol are decades away from becoming a reality.

My question is; why can't you just ferment sugar? Why does it have to come from bugs? Last I checked sugar is a rather cheap commodity.

[festus]

The keys to kicking oil addiction are lowering the mass of vehicles per person transported, lowering the number of people transported and the number of miles they travel.

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Only if you're a liberal. Otherwise you work on new sources and let the people do whatever they want.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Put a 4x9 sheet of plywood in your Beetle or econo-car, a couple of 100 lb bags of concrete in the trunk, and a few 12 foot long 2x12's tied on top.

And tools.

And a few helpers.