Lonbear -
I think that Helium and Hydrogen are going to be in our future. So will compressed natural gas (CNG). The problem we are facing is a near term crisis in readily available and usable fuel that matches our existing infrastructure. VampyGal already has pointed to some new technologies that will enhance the clean burning of fossil fuels in internal combustion engines. Making these affordable is a significant challenge.
All of this being acknowledged, and readiliy admitting their advantages for the environment, they are not near term. None of these can be brought on line in less than 10 years. What I'm seeing in PetroLuxus is a product that will provide lots of American oil witihn the next two years without drilling a single new well. About 60% of the oil in the U.S. has been inaccessible because it is trapped in clay, rock, dirt, etc. PetroLuxus cleanly, and in an environmentally friendly way, releases this oil from these environments.
If all that the current formula PetroLuxus does in our current wells, marginally producing wells, and closed wells is to release just half of what we have - - - the U.S. won't need to import a drop of oil for the next 50+ years. This includes reducing the cost of brine water cleanup for our offshore rigs. If Planet Resources completes its oil tar sands and oil shale product formulas by next summer (2009), the U.S. is positioned to have enough oil for the next 300+ years from those sources alone. When combined with the CNG that also can be extracted concurrently with the oil, we no longer will have an energy crisis nor will we be dependent on foreign oil - - - and that includes Canadian oil that then can be exported to other countries.
From a foreign policy perspective, this also makes the Middle East irrelevant to U.S. interests. They can sell to someone else. We won't be their economic hostage any longer. As for Russia and China, they are solving their own energy problems and they are doing it very well with coal, oil, gas, and every other resource they can bring to bear. More power to them with no pun intended. When energy supply is plentiful and exceeds demand, prices will drop. That is good for everyone.
Our challenge to to use this energy efficiently and with as little damage to the environment as possible. The envirowhackos want to end the use of fossil fuels entirely. It's not going to happen. Change will happen and human progress will continue. Our solutions lies in how we use oil and gas, and not in whether or not we will have it available for our use.
Jack
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