Americans have never met a hydrocarbon they didn’t like. In the coming decades, ever-improving technologies will almost certainly make new sources of hydrocarbons accessible. At some point, either we will outgrow our infatuation or we will burn our way to a very dark place.
mk: We ought to add energy research to the Defense budget. Seeing as much of the Defense budget is based on securing energy sources, we should just make the spending direct. As progress is made, slowly this research funding might start eating the appropriations for fighters and carriers and such.