[LRS]

“The soonest you would see any drop of oil from drilling off our shores would be 10 years from now....The most you would end up saving 10 years or 20 years from now would be a few cents on the gallon, although at that point, I figure oil might be $12 a gallon.” - Barack Husein Obama Hmmmm Hmmmm Hmmmm (oil man and algae head)

[Fraxinus]

Your quote of Obama is one of the things that annoyed me about his campaign's energy policy in 2008. No drilling because we will not see the oil for 10 years, then propose solutions that will yield energy in 20 years, maybe. While we need the research into more efficient use of current fuels and into new fuels, great breakthroughs are unlikely (but possible if someone looks for them). Better solar and battery tech would be great, although I doubt we will see anything more than making solar and battery powered recon drones with 2-3 week loiter times practical in less than 20 years.