We have untold resources in uranium; we also have several Persian Gulfs' worth of oil in the ground, not only offshore or in Alaska, but in those oil shale deposits in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and even North Dakota. All of this can be accessed with off-the-shelf technology. No science-fictional breakthroughs are necessary.
Alcohol-based electricity generation represents desperation, not advancement. It is less efficient (and dirtier, in the long run) than either nuclear or hydrocarbon-fueled electricity generation. Not to mention fuel for cars.
Don't buy into anything Sheik al-Gore is peddling. It isn't even good drugs.
You have not said one thing to refute the assertions made in this article. I welcome honest criticism but your post contained none.
That's methane, the predominant component of natural gas. That's produced by most critters and people. It's not easy to recover for use as fuel.
Alcohol-based electricity generation represents desperation, not advancement.
The article didn't discuss electricity generation much, if at all, IMHO. The main point was methanol, derived from multiple domestic sources, for a motor vehicle fuel.
I think you are missing the point here.
Yes, nuclear power is the answer for electric power, but not for transportation.
And yes, we should be drilling for more oil domestically, but that is only a temporary solution. Ethanol and methanol *combined* with more oil production are the long-term solution.
No science fiction at all. Read the book. Zubrin knows what he is talking about.