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Here's the issue. The US isn't one big country when it comes to fuels like
the rest of the world is. It's 50 different states that all have their own requirements and agenda etc. when it comes to energy so you'll never get one substance (except oil) that they all will agree on until the cost/benefit ratio makes them to change away from oil.
For example, states with massive amounts of coal are pushing clean coal by-products for vehicle fuel while corn growning states are pushing ethanol. Others with massive air polution are pushing electric cars that actually require coal to be burned to generate the electric for the cars.
I think it's 5-10 years away where fuel cells will be the energy source most of the USA goes to. They have a fuel cell now that's about the size of an air conditioner that can run an entire house for a year. The only issue it costs $20,000 per year. In 5-10 years it'll be down to $1200 per year.
So the bottom line is the USA will be an oil country until the cost/benefit ratio changes this !
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