[Fred]

Yes....We Can....Conquer the Energy Problem....

[Fred]

"Some Pentagon officers have embraced planning around the "peak oil" theory, which holds that the world's oil production is about to plateau due to shrinking resources and limited investment in many of the most oil-rich regions of the Middle East. Earlier this year, they brought Houston investment banker Matthew Simmons to the Pentagon for a presentation on peak oil; he warned that under the theory, "energy security becomes an oxymoron." House Democrats have proposed creating a new Defense Department position to manage the military's overall energy needs."

Could be a stealth way of funding the costly R&D required for viable synthetic fuel alternatives...

[Reaganesque]

Imagine that. The price of fuel goes up and the market responds with alternatives. Ain't free market capitalism grand?

Keep it up OPEC! You are literally killing the goose that laid the golden egg and I couldn't be happier about it!

[Doctor Don]

The USA has unlimited coal resources. Let’s do it!

[editor-surveyor]

Bring back Hitler’s Ersatz Gas?

[Thunder90]

Typical oil exporters, such as Russia and Venezuela, are hoarding oil at record paces. China is also hoarding it.