A Strategy: Moving America Away from Oil

It Is of Significant Importance for the United States to Rapidly Move Toward Energy Independence in the Very Near Future. the Country’s Lack of Energy Independence Makes Its Economy and Way of Life Vulnerable to Global Instabilities Through Potentially Disrupted Supply and Distribution Chains. Also, Its Lack of Energy Independence Often Forces the Country to Support and Do Business With Countries That “are Not Friends.” Thus, Via Unfriendly Regimes, the Money Spent on Foreign Oil Too Often Goes to Fund the Same Terrorists With Whom the Us Find Itselves in Conflict.

This Strategy Represents the Most Expedient Way for the U.s. to Move Away from Oil, and Even More Quickly, Away from Imported Oil. the Strategy Describes How America Can Move Towards Ethanol and Be Free of Fossil Fuel Dependence in the Transportation Sector Within a 15 Year Timeframe. Moving Towards Ethanol, and Renewable and Cleaner Fuel, Will Allow America to Be Ready for a Transition to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars Without a Change in the Fuel Distribution Infrastructure.

There Are 10 General Major Benefits to This Strategy: 1. it Uses Existing Infrastructure to Move the U.s. Away from Oil in the Most Expedient Fashion. 2. it Moves the U.s. to Energy Independence – Fast. 3. it Uses the Shorter-term Solution – Alternative Biofuels With Existing Infrastructure – as a Stepping-stone to the Longer Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Solution. 4. it Uses Renewable Fuels. 5. it Is Politically Viable Because of a Strong Agricultural Lobby. 6. it Creates Jobs in Rural Areas. 7. it Upends the U.s. Trade Deficit. (the U.s. Currently Spends $70 Billion for Imported Oil, Which Is 40% of the Current Trade Deficit.) 8. it Uses the Newest Technologies. 9. it Will Contribute No Net Carbon Dioxide to the Atmosphere. 10. it Is Flexible Enough to Allow for New Technologies and Discoveries to Arise in the Next Decade That Will Alter or Accelerate This Transition.