Nah, I'm not talking from some hippy environmentalist point of view, more like a attempt by the West (through science, research) to cut ourselves off from dependency from these people.
Solar Power Satellites is a place to start. With big ass lasers to lauch most of the materials. (Big ass lasers have other "interesting" uses anyway, so R&D would pay double dividends). Then use the electricity to make hydrogen from water.
While we are working on that, crank up GE or whoever makes the nuke plants for the Navy, tie the turbines to 60 HZ generators and there you go, electricity.
Hmmmmmmmm.....interesting point. It seems that this type of technology has been singled out for special resistance.
Wonder why?