The Non Energy Crisis by Lindsey Williams.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147

Other things that bothered me -

“Republicans want to keep you addicted to oil” That’s rediculous Bush has been saying for eight years that we need to reduce our oil dependance and look for new sources of energy. If we had drilled for domestic oil eight years ago we wouldn’t be in this mess. Of course it won’t meet domestic demand, but it would definitely help.

“We need more solar and wind power” I think that green is as great a dream as the next guy, but that’s what it is just a dream (at least for the forseeable future. I looked into solar for my house, and for a system that would accomodate my needs it was going to cost $40,000. Do the math, at $100 per month in electricity, it would take decades to recoup the cost of that system. Wind power is more economical, but you would never be able to power anything worthwhile with it.

So for the vehicle problem, the solution seems simple. Go nuclear! Nuclear is clean(ish) and with more plants you could power all the electric cars in the country. Vote McCain. The only limitation to our nuclear energy output is the number of plants we have, which sadly we havn’t built one in decades.

You should probably support nuclear power if you want an electric car, because otherwise your car is actually getting it’s electricity from coal, which is not very ecologically friendly. Just saying, it’s a bit hypocritical.

First, I recommended we replace coal with NG and make up the difference with nuclear. Therefore NG reserves don’t have to equal coal reserves for this to work. Second, my recommendation of diesel is with a focus on developing biodiesel, thereby rendering your petroleum fractionation argument irrelevant. Third, you ignore the fact that NG used in large power plants is 60% efficient, whereas its use in automobile ICE would be more like 25% efficient. Therefore, the most efficient use of NG is in the power grid, which in turn it can charge electric car batteries during off-peak hours. And finally, your claims of limited NG reserves completely ignore the future promise of CBM (coal bed methane) and coal gasification, both of which promise to use coal resources in a different manner by combusting derived methane gas instead of coal directly. You give it brief lip service it in your closing, but only after ignoring its substantial impacts in your previous arguments.

All in all, your facts are mostly good as individual pieces, but I don’t think you are applying them logically and coherently with regard to an integrated energy plan.