No matter how it pans out, this is an argument for making a full throttled plunge into alternative energy via government research grants and support.

The more people that are working on energy improvements, the more progress can be made.

It's a numbers game. Keep throowing people at the problems, and they'll come up with solutions.

The U.S. has wasted the last 50 years supporting the fossil fuel industry, and we have the burning forests and melting Greenland ice sheets to show for it.