I agree. I'm not surprised that congress is slow to react because they are influenced (bought off) by oil interests, etc. But with oil selling at over fifty dollars a barrel I am surprised that private business has not seized upon the alternative energy opportunity.
a lot of mid and smaller businesses have. the problem is that the big producers need to be motivated to change. Since no one wants to change, especially when they're making a profit, I suggested tax incentives. Those would be short term to offset the cost of changing over machinery etc., not long term since I'm against Gov't intervention in most cases...