Gas is still cheapest/most available fuel (Score 1)

Despite the increases of gas and oil prices, it is the cheapest, most available fuel out there. There is a large amount of research in this field. Solar power is not efficient enough. Wind power is not stable enough. Wave power is not cost efficient. Nuclear power is cheap, but somewhat dangerous (in the eyes of the public). As for using electricity from cells for cars, to many batteries are needded to run a car for an extended period of time. Battery powered cars have existed for decades and the driving range of ~80miles of todays cars is not much higher than electric cars of yester-year.
We first need to find an efficient, high powered, and safe portable storage scheme. Then, we can look for an alternate energy source such as using the excess H3 on the moon (article from space.com) which is enviromentally friendly when it goes through fusion. For now, we are stuck with fossil fuels and stuck with the cartel the Middle Eastern countries have enjoyed.