A Great Reason For Hydrogen Celled Cars

I'm a firm believer that W. should be pushing really hard for alternate fuels. Set a timetable of ten years to produce a practical hydrogen-fueled vehicle that will change the way we travel in America.

I know that the oil industry will bitch and moan, but eventually they'll adapt, just as other industries did when circumstances warranted.

Here's another great reason:

Oil exports to the US could stop amid growing tensions between the two countries, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said.

He described recent US government actions as "aggressive" in a speech at a youth festival in Caracas.

As a result, Venezuelan oil "instead of going to the United States, could go elsewhere," he said.

Venezuela exports about 1.3 million barrels a day to the US and is the world's fifth largest oil producer.

The brief goes into the issue of drug trafficking and the Venezuelan complicity. I honestly couldn't care less about the drug situation. Chavez will stir up major radicalism in our hemisphere. That is why we should be concerned.

It's time for the US to procure more oil from the mideast in the very short term to show Chavez the power we have over him and his economy, and get serious about alternate fuel sources in the long term.