Seems that the Dem Congress is more beholden to their Big Oil and Detroit lobbyist and Special interest people.

This is true of most politicians. I guess it is just the nature of politics. The obvious answer at least for the short term (say 20-30 years) IMO is natural gas or CNG. This is not a new concept. Growing up in the '50's in small town america the local feed mill had a stationery engine that ran on natural gas. Burned cleaner than gasoline or diesel and it was cheaper to buy. Move up to today, there is a military base down the road from me that uses CNG instead of gasoline in their ground vehicle fleet. So having said this, and given that there is without a doubt  a gas line running past da@@ near every filling station in the USA: why is the no CNG available. Now before those of you who may be more knowledgeable than me pounce on the fact that there are modifications required to a gasoline engine to accomodate CNG, I understand that and they are available, and many auto manufacturers sell CNG vehicles outside the USA. The other part of this puzzle is there is a lot of natural gas in the United States and more comming on line everyday. It is also cheaper than gasoline. My point is this technology is available now! Algae, liquified coal or something else may be a big player in the long term, but for now CNG would move us toward Energy Independance and that is where we should be headed.

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