It is time to move away from oil based energy. How about 1000 brand new nuclear plants, home solar plants on every rooftop, and a new hydrogen based combustion engine. Oh, and lets drill Anwar so we can continue to produce our own petro-chemical by-products without going broke.Eighty percent of France's power comes from nuclear power.
We simply CAN'T face the real solution of NOT USING SO MUCH POWER AND FUEL....we simply CAN'T. We are just too spoiled. I'm right in there with the spoiled princesses, by the way. I don't want to give anything up either. We are stuck with our own success.
Simple fact of the matter is, you don't have to give up anything. Get the EPA and the enviro-loons out of the oil industry. Open up the coast of California and Florida to drilling. Open up ANWAR to drilling.
Then watch the oil company make a profit off of $20 barrel oil and smile. Because they sure as hell can't make a profit off of $20 barrel of oil now.