Couldn't have said it better myself.
Americans have a rough history with federal mandates, but you can always count on us to change when it is feasible, and not a moment sooner.
Depends how they're used. I don't know how solar panels are made, but even if making them requires burning petroleum, it's still better in the long term. Have you seen those vertical turbines? I believe they are better, slower, and more convienient. I've seen them in cities a couple times.
It uses petroluem to makem but not to run. We don't need to abolish petroleum. We should just try to use safer sources. We aren't going to just stop making plastic.
Americans have a rough history with federal mandates, but you can always count on us to change when it is feasible, and not a moment sooner.