4) Announce a billion dollar program to build six nuclear plants using new technology centered around "pebble bed" or thorium reactors. These reactors would be located on the coasts and could be twinned with desalination plants that turn saltwater into freshwater. Run the water plants at night when energy use is less.
5) Announce a billion dollar program to help develop shale oil and algae/bacteria to oil schemes.
6) Close the Department of Energy and the EPA.
Who would run the coal-to-oil, nuclear, and desalinization plants? I'd expect that if the Federal government is going to fork over the money, then they'd be the one's running it.
And do we really want the Fed doing that? Maybe make the funds a reinbursement program for anyone who'd be willing to build the plants, instead.
As for the Department of Energy and EPA, according to budget figures, you'd save a total of $36.8 billion by shutting both down. Which would definitely start to help in getting our Federal budget under control.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/pdf/budget/energy.pdf
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/pdf/budget/environmental.pdf