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Step #1. of addiction recovery states that we admit that we are powerless over our addiction (in this case to oil) and that our lives have become unmanageable as a result. The unmanageable part is obvious.
The only way to stop an addiction is to stop. Half measures (like going to a different liquor store) will not work. We need to force ourselves to begin developing other sources of power.
There likely is not going to be one single immediate solution to our energy needs. We're going to have to tailor energy production to geography and available resources, like wind where it's windy, hydro where dams can be built, geothermal where such conditions allow, natural gas where there is an abundance, nuclear and even coal where they can be used safely and responsibly. And it's time to begin developing the hydrogen cycle as an ultimate fuel source, as it is the preferred method of the entire universe, when it comes to energy storage. Ultimately, all of the Earth's energy comes from the sun, so we need a way to create hydrogen using the energy from the sun. This is not difficult. And we already have the means of extracting that energy from the hydrogen in several ways, and without ANY damage to the environment.
If we couple our energy needs with the multiple sources available, and with high-tech efficiency, we can survive the necessary transition without drilling for more oil. All we really need is just a little time until we can develop and create a hydrogen based energy distribution network. It's a big job but not that big. We could do it in 10 years.
