I'd like to see electricity prices driven down very low.
Stop the ethanol program and put all research funds into the following:
Don't fund any production program until the research says it's ready and viable.
I strongly believe in developing multiple sources. I don’t want us to use up too much of our petroleum sources as in the far future, if we survive as a country, we will need them for all the other useful products derived from oil. Definitely develop non food commodity sources of ethanol and biodeisel. Get a really robust scheme of immediate action resources and supervision for Gulf and continental shelf drilling and accidents.
Regarding commodities, restrict LARGE positions to end users, like oil for airlines, grains for cereal companies. Allow small positions for traders. This would also help the rampant speculation in rice, wheat, soy, etc. that is going to cause more war dangers as people on $1 a day income go hungry.
Allow, make it easy, for small producers to feed the grid and produce biodiesel from waste oils. I watched a recent hearing in Washington, DC on TV regarding solar power. More than 500 people there have already put solar power on their roofs. A half a dozen small companies testified that they had grown from 2 to 15 or 20 people in the past 2 years serving this activity. There was a law that the local utility should incorporate their electricity production before going out of the area to look for renewables. The utility was ignoring this law and going as far as Michigan, NY, PA, and NJ to get renewable energy. Unless this was changed these small, growing businesses employing local people were going to have to lay off workers, or even fail. I believe that one aspect of the Tea Party movement is more “power” in the hands of the people.