Not only drilling legislation (that’s great in the short term) we want a source of energy for transportation that would compete with OPEC! We cannot be held hostage by OPEC indefinitely! Putting more oil on the market and OPEC will decrease their production levels. Homey, don’t play that!
Start with Coal to Oil diesel! Something that can be used with our current mode of transportation. Demanding hybrid-flex-fuel-vehicles would cause a collapse of the current vehicle on the road now. Ever try to trade in your 1-ton pickup truck? (Needed for business, can’t fit a truck hood in a Honda) You have to pay them to take it!
I’ve been wondering, for years, if the US oil policy has been designed to deplete Middle Eastern oil reserves (while preserving our own) before they reach a more dangerous technological level.