Alt energy costs more than arab oil. For the consumer this means working the same and after paying more for alt energy, you get less.
This would make politicians very unpopular, but it would help the CA deficit.
Alternative Energy research was what I was going for. If we ever get to the point that we're safely burning hydrogen for fuel from water, Arab oil is a thing of the past. Might put a nice little ding in terrorism, too, when all of their economies collapse and they don't have all that money to fund them.