Energy Dependency

Years ago, before the war in Iraq started, before September 2001... people in the energy community were already saying we needed to lower our dependency on foreign fuel. There was talk of ethanol, hydrogen fuel cells and other methods.

Part of the argument then and now is the cost of the technology, building the infrastructure of filling stations..etc. Yet if you look at the cost of the war you will see that we have already spent far more on the war in dollars than it would have cost to equip our country and remove our dependence on foreign sources of fuel. This does not take into account the cost of lives or our reputation in the internaltional community.

How much more will we spend or lose until we change?