Please take the minute needed to read the following brief; which identifies the only solution to our energy crisis, and is available NOW. America Wastes over 70% of the Energy it Consumes ! The Energy Waste is Everywhere ! (1) 100's of millions of lights are unnecessary used every day and every night. (2) We consistently over heat and over cool our homes, offices, schools, businesses, churches, etc... (3) Landfills are busier than ever. Over packaging with plastics is the norm. Recycling is an option and thereby inadequate. (4) Most Americans do not minimize their driving. Therefore, congestion on roads is horrendous. (5) Road construction is the ultimate contradiction! Until the price of gas is $7 to $8 per gallon, Americans will not significantly reduce their waste and over demand for energy. The economic impact of taxing energy is the way to eliminate energy waste and over demand. Only with a tangible dollar reward / consequence will America care and act to conserve. Crude oil must be taxed at $200 per barrel (55 gal) and 'offset' by making Federal Income Tax begin at $70k. High energy costs are also the incentive by which sustainable energy supplies will be developed. In the mean time, the USA continues its incredible energy waste and gives away its economic and political wealth to the Islamic Middle East via OPEC. Know that the Islamic dominated OPEC cartel is glad to allow supply and demand market forces to drive energy prices to $8/gallon. Our hedonist energy waste empowers the Islamics who desire our demise. China, India, and other 'developing countries' have only begun to compete for the world's remaining fossil fuels. Unless global demand for fossil energy is dramatically reduced, world war is inevitable (future geopolitical unrest will be directly related to global competition for energy and natural resources). Ford and General Motors are headed for bankruptcy, which will leave 100,000,000 Americans unemployed, ruin our economy, and lead to anarchy. America can no longer continue to 'do business as usual'. The world cannot continue to support all the automakers. We are running out of petroleum! Ford and GM must quickly transition to the lucrative business of building solar and wind 'energy producers' for the world's 6.7 BILLION people reason$. Mass transit must reward those who reduce their driving and thereby become FREE, SAFE, CLEAN, and CONVENIENT. The incentive necessary to create renewable and sustainable energy supply can ONLY occur when we implement the economics of TAXING ENERGY in lieu of income taxes. Lowell Michalove, phd Energy and Resource Conservation lmmicha@gmail.com