Energy Independence

@oldcoger (112)
United States
May 2, 2008 5:41am CST
We can not continue to try to produce energy from our food crops. We are causing our food prices and availability to be a major concern. The way to energy independence is to make it easier to produce energy efficient vehicals for use in the USA. There is a compressed air automobile that has been developed, that can get 100+ miles per gallon of gasoline. The USA has made it so difficult to be produced in this country that we can't get it here. Other countries are welcoming it in and are getting it produced. This by itself could make us energy independent, if we could only get it here. Drilling off shore on the continental shelf and in ANWAR would also help greatly, but the environmentalists won't let congress ok this drilling. Necular power plants would help a lot, but again they are having a lot of problems with the democrats, in getting approval for construction. We only produce 20% of our power from necular power, while France produces 80% of their power from necular power plants. We need to pass the trade agreement with Brazil. They do not import any oil for their country, because they produce all the ethonal they need fromm sugar cane. They run all their vehicals in the country on ethonal from sugar cane, without hurting the food grops like corn. They have not planted very many acres of their available land in sugar cane, but could plant more than we could even use. WE DO NOT NEED OPEC. WE NEED TO ALLOW PRODUCTION OF COMPRESSED AIR VEHICALS IN THE USA, DRILLING FOR OIL IN OUR VAST RESERVES, NECULAR POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION, GASIFICATION OF COAL (we have billions of gallons of gasoline available through gassification of coal, enough for 200+ years supply.), and TRADE WITH BRAZIL FOR ETHANOL FROM SUGAR CANE. The biggest thing is the compressed air vehicals. Automobiles that get 100+ miles to the gallon for gasoline, would cut our consumption by 75% at least. I want one of these cars, but can't get one, because of all the red tape.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
5 Oct 08
A LOT has changed in the six months since you submitted this post oldcoger! The global price of oil per barrel has finally resulted in considerations of alternative energy sources for many of the larger nations and the USA especially. The question though is whether the red tape you have already mentioned and the lobbyists combined will allow these positive changes to occur sooner rather than later; or if at all? It has already been shown that bio-fuel production places tremendous strain on many areas of the economy and we also KNOW that there are multiple alternatives that have never been given a fair chance to date. The Middle East as a main hub for oil supply is obviously not optimal and a diverse supplier portfolio should be a common goal of ANY developed nation to ensure price diversity and no issues with control. If there has been any more crucial time in history to raise the bar on alternate energy sources that time is now. It all comes down to what ends up controlling the thought and development processes. Will it be a level headed seeking of knowledge and execution? Or will it be the same old pig headed corporation protection that has reigned supreme thus far?