A rational, well-researched and progressive report was issued on April 20, 2009 by the Center for American Progress:
We Must Seize the Energy Opportunity or Slip Further Behind
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/04/global_competition.html
Subtitled
A Primer on Global Competition in Green Technology Investments
, it is a clear and concise explanation of why we need to wake up and shake off the apathy with regard to our energy sources. NOW is the time; NOT LATER.