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#1 - Homes have got to start being modified or built to suit their surroundings. There is no excuse for leaky homes in the North. All homes in hot areas should be build underground, or in a naturally cooler setting (when power is provided by fossil fuels)
This is a problem that is rapidly starting to solve itself.#2 - People have to stop buying and driving these behemoth cars.
You and I know the BEST way to do this: used (~80's) cars.#3 - Using purchasing power, we all need to tell the automotive industry that we aren't going to play by their rules. They have the tech to build super efficient cars, and they cut costs to increase their profit margins. This is a whole other science that needs to be addressed (The auto unions, healthcare, manufacture, pay, etc)
Again, a problem that will solve itself.#4 - People need to stop flooring their fucking car everytime they take off.
Look for the pumps with three hoses. Again, preaching to the choir.#5 - The oil companies are welcome to charge as much as they can get away with. But their business should also be evaluated not just on their low price of product: Service stations are dumps, gas stations are dangerous places, and the pumps are getting cheaper and cheaper. (A single fuel-line pump holds .7-1.3 gallons of old fuel in the filter and line. That means that when I fill up my bike, I get 20% of someone's crap gas for my premium dollar)
We need domestic RENEWABLE sources of fuel. Regardless of where it comes from, it does no good in the long run if there's a bottom to the barrel. What we really need is a direct drop-in replacement for gasoline. Ethanol isn't it, I don't know what is... but whoever finds it will turn us into the next OPEC, and then we can have our MacLarens#6 - we need domestic sources of fuel. We are worried about the environment, but we're also worried about being poor. African nations don't drill, and they are beautiful. The people also eat each other. UAE has pipes running through most of it, and everyone drives a fucking McLaren to work. Choose.
None of this liquid fuel will get us into space though. All we're doing is maintaining. I've had lots of jobs that put me in that category. I just work 8 strenuous hours a day to stay afloat. Getting out of it requires sacrifice (Staying late) or ingenuity (What ever the hell that is)
Getting around in cars is all well and good. Cars are fun. But think of how actually boring it is when compared to methods of transport of the future (independent flight). We have sources of energy out in space to be used with (almost) current technology - But we can't expect to get there with billions of gallons of rocket fuel. It's just not gonna happen.