See the new innovations (pictures) of the new electrics hybrids coming out links at the bottom.
I wrote my state and federal representatives about this oil issue. Including the oil shale, oil sand, Alaska oil and off-shore drilling. I've written them a dozen times and I get the same double talk back every time.
I believe our politicians have no intention to even think about opening up off-shore drilling or to increase research in recovering oil sand/oil shale. We have about 220 years of oil here in the states, if we conserve. We don't have to use it all, but use enough to fill the gap until we switch to solar, wind, hydrogen, and electric. Using a combination of things we can eliminate foreign oil and the need for oil.
Even HHO, a 90 year old technology is available http://www.MPGdoubled.com today and you can use it. I'm using this technology now it's a simple process to extract hydrogen out of water.
The latest rating for the House and Senate is 9%, the lowest in History. If you have employees (and politicians are your/our employees) that are not doing their job, then you get smart and fire them (vote them out!). Yet Americans flock around political idiots, like flies on a dung pile, at election time and vote them in or back in.
What's the result of the oil crisis? 75% of the increase in food prices world wide is bio-fuel production. Yet "they" continue raving about bio-fuel (food for fuel is not the answer) like it was our only chance. Already food has gone up 150% here in the states. With floods taking out millions of acres of farm land and drought that much more, there is a perfect storm brewing.
Chevy is closing plants, eliminating models and laying off thousands of employees. American Car mfg's have a mega inventory of SUV's and trucks they can't sell. They are all scaling back and will cut jobs! We are starting to loose jobs in all sectors. People are starting to think in a survival mode, many including myself, aren't buying anything they don't absolutely need.
School districts are finding themselves millions over budget suddenly for fuel costs. Same for police agencies, city, county and state agencies.
Taxes will go up to cover fuel prices for city's, counties and states soon. We will soon find that our pay doesn't cover food, housing, clothing and fuel.
In Romans Ch 1 Verse 18-32 God said he would give a nation a depraved mind if it pushed God out of the public consciousness. Defined: A mind that no longer thinks rationally even when it is in it's best interest to do so. It surely appears that the American Government can't figure out anything! All they do is argue for their personal agendas and get nothing done. They certainly are not thinking and working together to do what is best for America!
America has a 94.5 trillion dollar national debt. Every penny from taxes goes to paying off the interest on the national debt. NOT one penny goes to services and programs, that's all more debt. Yet they still ad "pork" to every bill they can and continue to waste tax payers money.
We spend over 700 billion $ a year on foreign oil every year and that cost is growing like a CA forest fire. We give billions to countries that hate us. We spend billions on wars. You do the math, how long before we go bankrupt? (if it keeps up, a perfect storm is brewing, a super mega depression is coming)!
Here's some alternatives to ultra high gas prices!
http://www.MPGdoubled.com Double your gas mileage.
http://www.ExtremeDutyOil.com I got 20% more mpg and use 80% less oil.
Look at these cars!
The Chevy Volt fopr 2010 http://www.chevy-volt.net/chevrolet-volt-news.htm
Finally they are pushing ahead with plans for hybrids, electric cars http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2008/gb2008071_763199.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5 href="http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2008/gb2008071_763199.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5">http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2008/gb2008071_763199.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5
The Next Generation Toyota Prius
http://www.autounleashed.com/the-next-generation-toyota-prius
Electric Hybrids http://www.hybridcars.com/concept-hybrids.html?sort=asc&order=Name href="http://www.hybridcars.com/concept-hybrids.html?sort=asc&order=Name">http://www.hybridcars.com/concept-hybrids.html?sort=asc&order=Name
New technology for electric cars http://www.ultracapacitors.org/
The one I want is either a Chevy Volt or the Ford Reflex you got to see both... due in 2010. http://onlocation.consumerreports.org/AutoShowDetroit/2-Model.asp?ID=87