If the federal government would reverse some of the uneducted fear-based restrictions that the Carter administration imposed on us, nuclear power (fission) would provide cheap electricity for the next 1000 years. Once fusion becomes viable, then electricity becomes cheap indefinitely.
Once we have a sufficient supply of cheap electricity, then internal combustion engines can be supplied with fuel other than oil-based octane.
Accepting expensive energy is letting the socialist-greens know that they win and that they can restrict our freedoms as they please. Do not give in.
I think nuclear is probably the way to go for the future. Government should stop getting in its way. However, I don’t think we should encourage more drilling. It’s a short-term band-aid.