I am all for the whole Going Green / Al Gore-esque movement, there is only one problem though: Oil is used for virtually everything -- including all those fancy "Green" toys springing up. We are addicted to oil -- and the modern-world population wants the piece of the pie without any pain/hassle. It is extremely jaded on their part. Eventually, we will turn to Coal Liquefaction like the Nazis did to get our oil, sprout up craploads of nuclear plants and maybe glass a country or continent out of spite.
Even if the U.S. becomes "greener", that isnt going to stop China, India and all the other countries where you get your Tech Support calls. The issue is real, but we aren't going to be anywhere close to changing our ways on a global scale.
Also, we know the world is screwed if we have to open a
Seed Repository that is fucking protected from nukes.