Barrett pretty well summarizes my view of the situation, except that I do not believe we can come close to cutting the oil umbilical. Hydrogen power is a joke that we need to get over. There are many source of energy that we may exploit, but it will take a long time to get free of the oil dependency – and it isn’t just us – it’s the nuclear armed, untrustworthy and cynical Chinese who need that oil – you know, the same folks who gave the plan for the Islamic bomb to Pakistan (and North Korea).

There is going to be massive bloodshed this century, in one or many wars between rapidly radicalizing Islam and whatever is left of western civilization as it breeds itself out of existence (except in the US).

All things considered, I’d rather have a place that can provide food, water, shelter and good fields of fire than a Honda hydrogen generator.