[Pontiac]

One primary impact of the spreading war will be energy. We simply must open up our electricity generating grid to renewable sources like solar and wind power, well before the 2018 date being bandied about now. Delaying such actions not only imperils our environment and health; it will look very foolish when the war makes energy scarce and prices soar.

I guess we know were this authors political sympathies lie.

Solar and wind power can at most contribute 10% of electrical production. If the author wants to boost electrical independence he should be promoting Nuclear generation.

Also sense the muslims control oil which is used today primarily for transportation fuel boosting electrical supplies will have little impact.

[LibertarianInExile]

"Solar and wind power can at most contribute 10% of electrical production."

How is that a certainty? We haven't even started to consider focusing mirrored light from space onto earth-based targets, which would be both a wonderful way to generate electricity and to vaporize Iranian yappers.

Seems to me too early to rule those out, with the rapid advance of technology in electrics.

Not that I disagree that nukes are the way to go ultimately, but I don't like saying that we should simply rule out renewable energy. The real solution is to let the market handle it and get government out of the business, anyway.