What the heck is this? An entire thread completely removed from any attempt at reality? The only post thus far that had the slightest validity was USHadIT saying that posts by Libs saying "HEE HAW HA <blaw blaw" made him look stupid, which it does.
Other than that, none of you seem to have the slightest connection to reality here.
USHadIT, our capitalists are saving the lives of your children. Shut up about it already. If us capitalist are so bad, keep your dumb children in your socialist health care and let them die.
Back to the topic. What are you talking about? We neglected the issue? Our government failed? Capitalism isn't working? Conservatives do not have an answer? What are all of you smoking? That's some strong stuff and I wager highly illegal.
Capitalism is the reason every alternative energy source in use today, is here. Without capitalism there would be no wind mills, geothermal plants, Ethanol, Biofuels, or even that lame hydrogen thing. This is not saying that all of these are successful replacements, but you can't say Capitalism isn't looking for alternative fuels, when dozens have been developed and are successfully used. The issue obviously hasn't be neglected because there are dozens of alternative energy sources in use.
The flat out answer is, Oil is amazingly useful, amazingly energy packed, and amazingly cheap. Nothing else comes close, and nor will it in the near future. There is no magic wand to pop an energy source into existence that does not exist.
Our government failed? Yeah cause that's not capitalism, that's socialism, and socialism always fails. Our government, listening to socialists, not conservatives, has ended up blowing money on dozens of foolish socialist programs that never had a chance of succeeding. That is the only failure of our government.
Conservatives don't have an answer? Yes we do. We always had an answer. Let the free market reign. We lead the world in alternative fuel development. We have the first commercial bio oil plant in world, is located here in the Capitalist US, every day changing waste from nearby food processing plants, into usable crude oil. We have the worlds largest Geothermal installed capacity. We have the second largest Wind Power installed capacity. Third largest hydropower installed capacity. The largest solar power plant in the world, is in California.
In fact, in alternative energy news, the USA ranks number 1 in a list of countries with potential alternative energy investing.
Here's the basic philosophy. IF oil does in fact dry up, then, as it does, the price will climb. Supply and Demand, it makes the world go around. As supply goes down, price goes up. Thus, as the price goes up, so will the demand for an alternative. As the demand for an alternative goes up, it will become competitive with oil, all by itself, with no help or hinderance from the government at all. And as cheaper alternatives to the expensive oil become more available, they will replace the oil.
Capitalism always works. Socialism always fails. Canadians are always... in need of our health care it seems. Anyway, this... is reality. Wake up people.
Only a statist would confuse "government" and "capitalism" - about like confusing "up" with "down". Har! 
