Eisenhower put all the shale oil off limits for years in case of war, and created OPEC to use their oil up first. Well, we still have about a 200 year supply of oil as well as about a 200 year supply of natural gas. Natural gas can be made from carbon dioxide and water using the Sabatier process, which takes electricity. Gasoline can be made from algae oil also, but making it from algae oil costs about $4-5 a gallon.
I'm all for wind and solar where it will work, but we need nukes, drilling, and at the same time working on these new technologies to make fuel. These new technologies are considered carbon neutral taking carbon out of the air. But, for faster and cheaper production coal can be used for the carbon. The US has an 800 year supply of coal.
We aren't working on the new technologies but wind and solar. This isn't going to solve the long run problems. ALL forms of energy have to be exploited like a WWII effort. Electric cars are ok, but have a long way to go before they can really match gasoline and diesel. You can't force it on people.
The left does not listen to the people anymore only push their agenda which is only wind, solar, and electric vehicles, all the while we have 200 million gas and diesel vehicles on the road NOW needing fuel. Also 52% of all homes in America have natural gas. Another 20-30 % have propane or fuel oil in rural areas. These homes aren't switching to solar and all electric anytime soon.
