It may seem like a joke, the energy policy mensch (!?!) Paris Hilton responds to the McCain ad that tries to ridicule Obama.  Paris really gets the energy plan right.  Secretary of energy maybe, Barack?  She could charm powerful capitalists  with this:  Click and check her video.

Her energy plan is unintentionally brilliant.  The plugin hybrids will reduce oil consumption (before drilling ever provides anything), so that as new oil finally comes up (first from already leased areas, under reregulated and enforced scrutiny), in 10 years.  It can yeild all the oil we need.

The amount of oil used reduced to 10% of presnt use, the reserves saved all over the US will provide enough fuel until there is no need for it at all, transitioning to all electric over the next 10 years.  Even though those reserves are small compared to the middle east, we will have energy security.

The conservation of plugins will reduce demand to preserve the oil we have.  No need for fuel farming or liquid fuel from coal or trees.

Obama's plan is really full of detail now, read Joe Romm's summary and analysis.

I can see the environmental community must push the better parts forward and halt the bad stuff later on, after Obama is elected.

Flex fuel could switch to biogas/natural gas/gasoline or diesel, instead of ethanol.

Nuclear, a 10 year experimental program, no new nukes until that testing is completed.

Clean coal, same thing, a 5 year experimental testing prohect.  Prove it works, prove the cost.

Switch biofuel efforts to biogas from waste instead of biomass to liquid fuel.

These are easy changes, we have the science to prove they are necessary.

Let the tree to fuel and grass to fuel farming lobby have a few experimental plants too.  But let them prove they should be expanded before going that way.  

Promote organic fertilizer and farming along with biogas farm energy production.  

Obama's basic energy plan framework could be skewed this way.

Stay in there and help out Paris.  Wage a plugin hybrid campaign, ride around and talk about it.  Don't endorse either party, run as an independent ticket for planetary rescue.