I completely agree that BikerSailer lacks a great deal of tact when posting within threads, and his overt displays of profanity and apparent insecurity gets tiresome - but I do believe he served his country, and for that I must give respect. Having lost a brother in the Iraq War, I have vowed to always be thankful for those willing to join our armed forces, regardless of the branch, even if their civilian behavior does not always live up to the inherent honor of that service.
Now back to the issue of oil - why this nation has not, and seemingly will not, more fully utilize its own natural resources, with oil, natural gas, coal, etc., to minimize our dependence on foreign sources while we work on newer technologies that can further improve on minimizing this dependence in the future, makes no sense.
We should be drilling offshore, Alaska, interior shale, our vast reserves of coal, as well as an aggressive increase in our nuclear generated power.
This silly windmill and solar stuff is not going to cut it - that kind of technology, if it will ever reach plausible levels, remains decades away.