And we would still be ahead, because every cent would stay in the USA instead of going to support people that hate our guts and want to destroy us. If we want to get independent of the Middle East and all their instability we need to double our electric generation capacity completely with renewable energy sources, like wind, wave/tidal, solar, geothermal and probably 2 or 3 more we haven't thought of yet.

What we need is some way of taking the heat from one part of the world, cooling that part, and then using it to warm/power the cooler parts of the world, and to do it in such a way as not to damage the parts in the middle. That would be taking solar power to the max.

"The Department of Defense has determined the planned convention center hotel won't block the homeland security radar at Oceana Naval Air Station, a concern that three years ago led to a 110-foot height restriction for the resort area.

Other tall buildings could also be built without harming the radar, according to a letter from Undersecretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter to Sen s. Mark Warner and Jim Webb."

Eliminating another stumbling block to such offshore development, the departments of Energy and Interior worked with the Defense Department to identify locations that wouldn't interfere with military operations and training, Salazar said.