>1. Become independent of the need for oil being purchased from others and from our own wells.
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>a. Stop all investment in Iraq ($87 billion) and develop fuel cell technology using these monies. Fuel cells are already being developed by General Motors. More investment means quicker success.
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>2. Decreased need of OPEC oil will mean that the Arabic and Muslim nations can once again be turned into sand as they were before European intervention.
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>a. This will eliminate the funding through oil purchases of terrorism throughout the world. We are the primary means of funding of such activities.
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>b. With decreased demand for oil on the world market the price per barrel will increase so the rulers and terrorists will have a stable and predictable income.
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>3. To protect ourselves we should use any means possible. Do you know what happens when sand is heated to temperatures that can be produced by nuclear devices? It turns to glass!
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>It is a good thing that I am a liberal person as if I was a conservative I would take a more serious approach to this subject.


This is nothing new of course. It's been known for years (at least since the '73 oil embargo). But Detroit likes gas guzzlers, V-8s, SUVs, Hummers, you name it.

They are wedded to the internal combustion engine and they have probably been "supported" by the oil companies in no small measure. Any vehicle that gets <15 MPG they love.

Yesterday, the Governor of Alaska proposed a loophole on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by proposing to drill 3 miles offshore, in areas controlled by the state, not federal. Said, more or less, that in these times when we need oil independence we can get to it by more drilling. Funny he did not mention a word about reducing oil dependence. But I forget, he's from the GOP (Grand Oil Party).