Solar powered aircraft ...

Like I have said in the past "Necessity is the mother of invention"...

Thanks for clearing that up badboy, I always wondered who originated that phrase. Next time you feel the need to "emotionally" unleash on me, just do it. Don't talk in shadow terms as if I dodged some bullet, and "lucky you" Ryan.

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"Throw it all at the wall" is not necessarily accurate. I am being specific when articulating what needs to happen (my opinion of course) and in what order.

1.) All federal and state moratoriums need to be lifted on drilling and exploration.
2.) The federal requirement process for construction of new refineries and nuclear plants not only needs to be streamlined, the tax code should incentivize the process to induce its rapid development.
3.) States to the extent they can, like CA ,will block such efforts and for those states or any other state or individual inclined, we implement the incentivized solar program. Time will bear out its effectiveness and practicality within the United States. But this is hardly the catch all as an answer to our energy needs (thus its #3 positioning) for I will never board a solar powered plane.
4.) While the private sector will "reward" people like the 110 mile per gallon converter, the brand new source, the "it" we all hope will come along, can be encouraged by government in a moon shot campaign spearheaded by the PoTUS, muck like JFK (only not government developed like NASA).

And please, no more of this "it will take ten years" nonsense from anybody if you don't mind. I don't know what mother ship is coming to pick up all those spouting this talking point, but I plan on still residing on earth ten years from now, God willing.

And while we're at it, has anyone noticed the price per barrel of oil in the last several days? It has dropped about $14. Since when? Since the PoTUS announced the lift on the executive moratorium on drilling in certain federally protected lands. Now someone stated quite clearly in several posts ago that given the markets are psychological beasts, the mere fact that the world's remaining superpower is getting serious about finding cheaper fuel (domestic fossil), the price would be depressed. I will even concede that because energy in general has become "the" campaign topic, the markets are reacting to the fact that "something" will be done, and whether its exclusively alternative, exclusively fossil or a blend, they are reacting to the fact that we (the US) are finally going to get serious about energy policy.

Now, if we could just remember who that strapping young genius was that alerted us to the fact that oil prices would drop by the mere articulation, from the US, of s serious energy policy ... hmmm.