First, this is not my idea, but it is one that ALL innovators must become aware of because it is a game changer. Please visit this website:

https://lasers.llnl.gov/

It is the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. They are working on a new technology called laser fusion. This is not science fiction. They will fire up and test the first one this year. What they are creating is an actual star in a controlled environment.  Here is a bit from the site:
 

"NIF's 192 giant lasers, housed in a ten-story building the size of three football fields, will deliver at least 60 times more energy than any previous laser system. When all of its beams are operational, NIF will focus about two million joules of ultraviolet laser energy on a tiny target in the center of its target chamber – creating conditions similar to those that exist only in the cores of stars and giant planets and inside a nuclear weapon."
 

Laser Fusion generators could be on-line within 10 years and powering the planet in 25. Coal will go away and not be a factor anymore, as will most fossil fuels. This will require much political will and a revolution that will be powered by this generation.

The power grid will need to be updated in order to recharge all-electric cars in 5 minutes or less. (Not everyone will be able to recharge them at home.) Chargers in business parking lots/garages should be subsidized. This will cost about $2,000,000,000,000, that's 2 Trillion dollars.

This can be accomplished by A.) Increase cafe to 75 MPG by 2015, and B.) Add a tax of $1.50 to every gallon of gas. I would add 50 cents a year for 3 years. I know, that seems like a hard one, but we will be better off in the long run. and in just a few years it would all even out. 25 MPG at $2.00 a gallon is a lot more than 75 MPG at $3.50 a gallon, and in the mean time we are putting thousands of people to work building recharging stations and a new electrical power grid.

We must get ready for the future now. We are only going to have this opportunity for a few short years. It's like your driving through the desert and your gas gauge doesn't work. Do you stop and fill up at the only station you've seen for hours? Or do you just keep going and hoping you have enough fuel to last until you get to the city?

We really don't know how much oil is still in the ground, but what we do know is that it is a finite amount. We must get political and only vote for individuals who are on our side. (Note: Of all the money that comes from American Oil companies and goes into the pockets of politicians, 85%+ goes into the pockets of republicans.)

Maybe I'll put together an organization like the Pickens Plan. I like Pickens but I think with laser fusion he is going to be put out of business with his wind farms. They will be good for 20 years or so and very green, but not the long-term answer.

If anyone would be interested in joining a political action group that advocates for a vision of the future that Neil and I both share please write to me: voltdeville@yahoo.com

I worked on the Obama campaign, I  have lots of experience organizing. I helped to turn Indiana blue for the first time in 40 years, What we have to remember is the definition of 'Revolution: It is a 'turn of the heart'.