Oil

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Until some genius comes up with an alternative fuel that that is less expensive, more abundant and less damaging to the environment we are slaves to the oil companies. They have really got our nuts in a wringer. While I think U.S. Americans have it pretty easy compared to the rest of the world, I do wonder when the madness will end. My solution to the whole situation is this-the first company to build an efficient, reliable, (God I hate this term) green car gets exclusive contract rights to U.S. government fleet vehicles. The postal service alone would make that deal worthwhile. Then the rest of us can buy these cars and we can give the finger to the Middle East and stop drilling. Now if we could only give Detroit some motivation......

Yes, because exclusive contracts with the government always work. No one ever gets screwed in those (protip: the taxpayers get screwed).