[quote=arraya]This program to become energy independence would take 20 years but had we started Anwar in 1995 we would now be getting a 2 mill barrels a day
That is ironically, speculation. I actually support drilling in ANWAR. Good thing we did not sell that oil @ $11 per barrel like the Republicans wanted, huh?
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My primary concern with gas prices is how it affects those that can least afford to pay it.
Its not fair to those making $25 to 30k a year to have to suddenly fork over $5 dollars a gallon in gas.
Some of this board talk about $10-11-15 dollar gas and don’t seem to care about how it will affect the lower income classes.
Real alternatives to fossil fuels are 30-50 years away. Real alternatives are fusion power, anti matter reactors, anti gravity devices, high temperature superconducing materials etc.
Anti Matter reactors are probably 30 years away. check out this Nasa article.
In short my suggestion is to go all out and develop as much energy as we can over the next 20-30 years to lower the price to where our economy can function as before and in the mean time develop through science real alternatives to fossil fuels. The final goal would be make fossil fuels entirely obsolete.
This commitment to real alternatives would be part of the National initiative to energy independence.
I don’t consider cars that you have to plug into the power grid at night real alternatives. For one where do you think the electricity comes from? It still has to be produced from fossil fuels.
