[maryz]

I don’t know the Chicago Tribune — what’s their general stance? (I kind of assume they’re not a true moonbat paper, but chances are they’re liberal, at least compared to
FR!)

[combat_boots]

We have to drill for more oil? You mean we don't have to let the Communist Chinese drill for our oil, sideways into OUR OWN GULF COAST--just past our border? You mean we don't have to buy oil on the black market at Cuban/Venezuelan/OPEC prices? The US can produce its OWN OIL?

What a thought.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

And if $4/gal at the pump doesn’t concentrate the mind, ordering home heating oil in October at about $500/month ought to do it.
Draining the radiators and resorting to unsatisfying alternatives to oil is going to be happening in a lot of American homes this fall.

[steve-b]

Ultimately, the best reason for development of alternative fuels (and plastics recycling technology) is to depress the price of oil on the global market. When the main use Islamic Fundamentalist regimes have for their oil is to process it into KY Camel Lube, they’ll be a lot easier to manage.

[Squantos]

IMHO Per 1 million in population a nation should have;

1 nuclear power plant
1 refinery
1 desalination plant along coastal areas

Such cheap energy and water would free up present levels of oil used for other than transportation like heating oil etc . As well add the solar and wind systems and other greener ideas as they may fall after the fact .

Tighten the purse strings of national labs and other research facilities that get their funding from government energy grants until they actually produce a solution in the form of vehicles with better mpg ratings, systems that can actually USE the solar and wind generated power. Also go with more hydroelectric projects . Desalination along coastal areas would create such reservoirs that would allow such as a byproduct possibly.

But above all .....stop the reliance on foreign energy. Cheap energy IMO will bring prosperity to all in the US.

Just my opinion......nothing more.

[Obadiah]

So Republicans ought to quit trying to make the argument that a vote by Congress to expand drilling will have a quick effect on gas prices.

When have "Republicans" ever said this? Ever? Or is this a throw away line put in for bipartisan street cred?

[calex59]

How can we reduce our "dependence" on oil. It isn't as if oil is something we can do without, we can't. The only so called "cure" is to find alternatives but they won't come about anytime soon, so we must drill for our own oil and quit trying to limit the use of it, at the same time we give companies the go ahead to develop alternatives and remove any road blocks that would hamper that development(government regs, etc.)but we must not let the government drive the search for alternatives, that way lies failure and collapse of our economy.

When an alternative will make money that is when you will see it on the market.

Government interference is the reason we have Ethanol. Also, the reason for the idiot blends Gas companies have to come up with at different times of the year. Let the free market run and we will get our alternatives when they are financially viable, meanwhile we need oil.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" The nation needs to find alternatives. "
Our " Alternative Fuel source " should be, Drill on our own soil.