However, that being said, when are we going to pour more effort into finding alternative sources of fuel?

Well the U.S. Government has never been a long term/ bigger picture thinker now, have they? Alternative energy sources should have been a major priority after the OPEC crisis in the early 70s.

It's really sickening that so much of their foreign policy is tied to oil. If it weren't the case, don't you think they would have told most of the middle east to go fuck themselves, a long time ago?