Umm...drill in ANWR, build refineries, and build nuclear plants!

We have BOTH a supply side problem and a demand side problem.  Until we recognize this, we won’t begin to seriously or effectivey address this issue.  We can blame Congress for the supply side problem.  We should drill to energy independence but in the end that will only stave off the inevitable.  No matter how efficient we can make vehicles that use petrol, we will ever be continuing in the direction of shortages, especially as other countries industrialize and prosper.  Who can we blame for the demand side problem?  We don’t have to look very far at all from ourselves to find the answer the question.  I believe in individual choice but I’d like to see a “Use what you need” ethic develop where people voluntarily and consciously (conscientiously) choose to orient their lives based on what they NEED.  But this won’t happen.  We won’t change until we’re forced to, and then painfully.  When gasoline is rationed to 2 gallons per day per person, should the people who own SUVs be grandfathered in at 6 gallons a day just because they stubbornly refused to plan for the inevitable and are in fact part of the problem?  What about those who drive significant distances to work using fuel efficient vehicles?  Our individual choices are not setting us up well for the future.