Miken

Political Energy Policy Just for Laughs

The real story here is to pick several options that make some sense and commit, as a nation, to getting them done, similar to the Brazilian model. Ethanol may not be the best solution as it has been implemented in Brazil, but they are 100% free of foreign oil and are making a significant positive impact to the environment. That was only possible because the country agreed on a plan. A good plan today is better than a perfect plan in 15 years.

I think the real answer is a combination of some of these options, maybe even regional solutions where wind, tidal, geo thermal make sense.

But whatever the solution is, it would require congress to get together, it would require those with a special agenda to get together, and it would require commercial enterprise to get together. Only the last has promise. The weakness of America is the inability of our political leadership to agree on a solution for anything and act on it....energy policy, health care, etc. They have failed us all....both parties.