When Iran was 'allowed'(by Carter's crowd) to trigger the last energy hostage situation America should have proceeded with sugar, corn ethanol, nuclear, hydrogen, wind, oil shale, solar national coal gasification, drilled offshore & more in Alaska, promoted domestic tax incentives & on & on, but the Dems were in control then. In 2006 we better do something before Iran or Arabia pull another stunt holding the West hostage - again.
As Brazil Fills Up on Ethanol, It Weans Off Energy Imports
Brazil is dominating the worlds’ sugar and ethanol markets.
A couple of examples of what can be done to get US unhooked from OPEC:
Pennsylvania Incentives for Renewable Energy
The Nazis derived over 25% of there aviation fuel from underground coal gasification plants utilizing the 'Fischer-Tropsch Gas-To-Liquids (GTL)' developed in the late 1920's. American troops captured the plans for such plants in May of 1945. Coal gasification plants were indeed constructed in the U.S. beginning in the late 1940's early 1950's, but a full scale national plan was abandoned since imported oil from the Persian Gulf was "cheaper". It's not any more.
The United States has a 1500-year supply of coal, and 54% of the electricity produced in the country comes from coal combustion, averting the need to use large amounts of imported oil and gas for generating electricity from such terrorist promoting nations as OPEC's 'nuclear-jihad' Iran and Wahhabist Arabia.
The Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah, N.D., began operating in 1984 in response to the 1970s energy crisis and today produces more that 54 billion cubic feet of natural gas using the Fischer-Tropsch process.
Underground coal-gasification plant under construction at Majuba The South African company Sasol currently makes 150,000 barrels of oil per day from coal.
There is no reason Americans or Canadians should be pushed into ugly dinky cars when the technology has existed for many years allowing full size cars to get 50mpg+.
Finally, a car fuel you can drink.
In the coming months are far broader confrontation shall be brewing. The friend of our enemy is our enemy.
Russia will deliver air defense systems to Iran - top general Hydrogen