Originally Posted by danielpalos

There is no reason why the US can't develop better drilling technologies that can reach oil reserves, from outside of nature preserves. Not only could this type of targeted advancement of technologies help improve our standard of living with future applications, but it would also help preserve a state of Nature as it was intended to be preserved.

We could also help conserve energy if the chief magistrates of the several states, and of the Union, were to require their departments to acquire a certain percentage of alternative fuel capable vehicles when acquiring new vehicles for their departments. This could also be considered a form of targeting new technologies for development and using a market friendly method to accomplish it.