1) Increase Supply (esp domestic) - This is a mid-term fix, 5-years before you see any effect, 10-years before full effect.
2) Decrease Electricity's Oil Demand - This means a lot more nuclear, which is a good thing. Also they are the only way to efficiently make hydrogen. Other processes need to generate too much heat to split Hydrogen from water, ends up using more energy than you gain by the reverse reaction. In nuke plants most of the heat is already there and is waste. Granted this process isn't ready for full scale, but its close 5-10 years from now. This means plants that the planning stages are started now. As far as waste material, well I hate NIMBY.
Also encourage the use of fossil fuel cogen in places that have use for the heat. 70% of the energy made at electrical plants is wasted through heat loss both at the plants or through the resistance in the power lines. This shortens the delivery lines, and use some of the heat.
3) Increase CAFE standards - With existing technology we can increase fuel efficiency by as much as 10 mpg. Now that of course has a performance hit, but like everything else you can pay for the performance.
4) Taxes - Stop giving tax breaks for H2s and other very heavy cars. Long-term I'd like to see the end of energy subsides (how much aid to we give to Saudi Arabia? whatever it is it should be included as the true cost to market). Careful, you do this too fast and the global economy will crash.
5) Increase funding for alternative energy reaseach - The one thing we are learning is that we need to diversify the ways we get energy. Nuke (which makes electricity and Hydrogen), and Fossil Fuels will remain the backbone. But more choices are important. (Fusion maybe)
2) Decrease Electricity's Oil Demand - This means a lot more nuclear, which is a good thing. Also they are the only way to efficiently make hydrogen. Other processes need to generate too much heat to split Hydrogen from water, ends up using more energy than you gain by the reverse reaction. In nuke plants most of the heat is already there and is waste. Granted this process isn't ready for full scale, but its close 5-10 years from now. This means plants that the planning stages are started now. As far as waste material, well I hate NIMBY.
Also encourage the use of fossil fuel cogen in places that have use for the heat. 70% of the energy made at electrical plants is wasted through heat loss both at the plants or through the resistance in the power lines. This shortens the delivery lines, and use some of the heat.
3) Increase CAFE standards - With existing technology we can increase fuel efficiency by as much as 10 mpg. Now that of course has a performance hit, but like everything else you can pay for the performance.
4) Taxes - Stop giving tax breaks for H2s and other very heavy cars. Long-term I'd like to see the end of energy subsides (how much aid to we give to Saudi Arabia? whatever it is it should be included as the true cost to market). Careful, you do this too fast and the global economy will crash.
5) Increase funding for alternative energy reaseach - The one thing we are learning is that we need to diversify the ways we get energy. Nuke (which makes electricity and Hydrogen), and Fossil Fuels will remain the backbone. But more choices are important. (Fusion maybe)
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