peak oil

Use economic incentives, not to suspend failing old-school automakers at the top of the industry but force a new path, retooling to clean cars. Make it competitive, so jobs can flow to new car makers if they've got the designs. If America props up failing institutions, new changes can not compete. See the new IEA World Energy Report, which links climate, peak oil AND global economics, using economics to leverage into smarter energy technology at .6% annually (at least). But no nukes.

55 mpg speed limit, 78 cooling and 68 heating limits - the latter voluntary. Fuel tax to increase 50 cents per gallon every year for the next 10 years, with the tax 100% routed to community energy efficiency through transit funding, and community block grants to upgrade the energy efficiency of housing stock and commercial buildings. Tax credits for investments in solar thermal systems and seasonal thermal energy storage for homes. Kill tax cuts and fossil/nuclear energy subsidies. Iraq=oil war

Invest serious money (10s of billions of dollars) in renewable energy - solar and wind, not "ethanol". Stop giving tax breaks to oil companies. We need to be 100% independent from foreign oil from unstable countries and we need to stop global warming.