Psh, what the government really needs to do is actually start investing serious money in fuel OTHER than petroleum, like hydrogen or algae farming. Ethanol sounds nice, but it screws up food production and is sometimes just as taxing on the environment. Considering the fact that Alaska wouldn't last forever, and pretty much every oil expert agrees that we WILL run out at some point, we might as well save ourselves the environmental, political and financial headache and wean ourselves off of oil ASAP.