(11-24-2014 03:41 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(11-24-2014 03:08 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  There is one simple solution to stopping the stranglehold that the Middle Eastern monarchies and dictatorships have on the oil reserves. Raise gas taxes on all gas imported from those nations. Make it unbearable for US citizens to buy that oil and instead focus on what little oil we have AND create subsidies for alternative, cheaper energy sources. Bam! You've just got the power to a lot of these Middle Eastern theocracies and at the same time added fuel to our own economy. But hey, not likely to happen. The biggest lobby in the US? The oil industry, promoted by the elitists in America and the governments of the Middle East.

The reason we use oil is not because of the federal lobbyist, but because there doesn't exist a better alternative. If battery power can make a significant breakthrough, then the nation will make the transition.

Exactly. The reason we don't move away from oil is because we don't have a viable alternative.