[jkarolyi]

Battery technology hasn't improved markedly in the past 50 years. Americans vote for larger and heavier vehicles with their dollars. Hybrids are false economy...people only buy them because of government subsidies. Hydrogen and Ethanol powerplants are a joke and a big waste of tax/research dollars.

>If we built more nuclear power plants to the latest design..

Waste disposal problems.

>If we had a gas tax going up $0.50 per year..

Tax on the poor.

>If we gave tax breaks to heat with hard coal & wood..

Horrible air pollution.

Face it...there's no cheaper, and relatively clean and safe, energy source than oil. And like Bush says we're addicted to it. That's right folks...WE are to blame.