I'm not suggesting that we should not pursue nuclear, wind, solar, or other sources of energy. But even building out a nuclear electric generating capacity sufficient to replace our current oil needs would take decades. Wind and solar have theoretical potential but are certainly far from proven on that scale. And not without environmental impact of their own.
In the meantime, we need oil. We should understand what went wrong here, and try to prevent it from happening again.
In the meantime, we need oil. We should understand what went wrong here, and try to prevent it from happening again.