There is no single answer to energy Independence. It is a do everything answer. Nuclear power plants, coal fired plants, wind, solar, natural gas, tides, and anything else we can do. Nuclear and coal because of the availability and domestic supply need to be the short term (10 year) solution while all the others being the longer term solution. Coal and tar sand can be converted to gas if necessary. None of these are easy answers and require a dedicated National Program to be successful. Coal can be burned cleanly if we work to develop that technology and we have a 400 year domestic supply. We do not seem to have the fortitude in this country to take on this problem. But unless we do, our way of life will be changed dramatically by those nations that do control the supply. Our foreign policy should not be dictated to us by those who own the oil. That is just a compromise that will lead to our demise as a world leader. "Drill Here, Drill now" needs to be changed to "Do it all here and now".