[RockinRight]

I don't think we can afford to exist purely on oil long term. It's time to start thinking about what comes next and to start working towards it. We should have started in 1975.

Nuclear plants would be one thing. Another would be realistic alternative energy - not ethanol and probably not hydrogen either.

[mysterio]

Butanol before ethanol, and biodiesel before either of them, in my opinion. I think hydrogen could be made viable, though. Remember, gasoline wasn’t viable when all we had was whale oil.

[JamesP81]

uclear plants would be one thing. Another would be realistic alternative energy - not ethanol and probably not hydrogen either.

The quickest way to independence is twofold: 1) Nuclear power plants and 2) use the coal that was being burned for electricity to make liquid fuels. This is an old and proven technology that will work.

Of course, the greenies will have none of it.