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Ralph Nader once said "The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun." and he is right, but not just about solar energy; every alternative energy source that can be explored is only just now being touched not because we havent known about them but because we as a nation have never felt the need to look into them. I say now is the time, in fact I probably would have said the same thing 20 years ago and all the fuss over foriegn oil would have become a much lesser concern then it is now. The point I am trying to make is that political figures going as far back as Pres. Jimmy Carter have been giving us the option to look into alternative energy sources, but now we no longer have that option in fact I believe that in order to salvage our economy and push forward into the future we should take serious research interest in alternate fuel sources including but not limited to solar, Hydrogen, and bio fuels.