Absolutely right!!! Bio-Diesel is a perfect transition fuel that fits into our economy like a glove... I think you’re on to something here. A simple policy shake up on the energy front could take a bite out of our fossil-fuel consumption. Is anyone that you know of working energy policy the way the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) is working U.S. foreign policy toward Iran? IPC's report is the most detailed and thought provoking future oriented document out on U.S. Iran relations today...
I know I'm talking apples and oranges here but details and quality analysis work for energy policy as well as Iran policy.
As for cutting off petrol-funding of terrorism, the U.S. only buys about 20% of OPEC’s production today. The rest is bought by Europe and Asia. If we stopped buying OPEC oil completely, other countries would quickly pick up our slack. My guess is that black market cash goes for terrorism more so than legit petrol sales. I think we could do more to stop terrorism funding if we stopped the black market crude trade which always explodes when prices are high, like now!
If you’re interested in renewable energy take a look at these. They make the most sense to me. I think we should be building power towers like these to insulate our energy driven economy from petrol pricing which is heavily influenced by the ME. We have perfect conditions for these things in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico and we could/should be building them like crazy!
One of the main points of my suggestion is that we could produce bio-diesel cheaper than we get crude oil from opec if we turned the farming might of the American "bread basket" to the task. If we then exported our excess to europe, we not only become a producer instead of a consumer, but we also dramatically reduce the consumption of opec oil by europe since we are selling them a better product cheaper... Same could go for east asia...
