Comments on Jonah Goldberg's column of June 19, 2010, in which he states that oil is the "True green fuel."

His rationale for this outlandish statement: 4. Goldberg states we'll simply have to buy most of our oil from foreigners.

We already buy a major portion of our oil from foreigners. Ramping up domestic production enough to make a significant difference will take many years, Waiting for alternatives to be able to replace oil until it is either all gone or far too expensive for our transportation needs is short term thinking. The cost of drilling in deep water will mean that oil gets more expensive over time.

T. Boone Pickens in his Pickens plan advocates replacing gasoline and diesel fuel with natural gas which we have in abundance. Cars can be converted to natural gas too. My college roommate drove a Pontiac which ran on natural gas back in the early 1950s. There was little infrastructure for natural gas in those days but he seemed to get along fine. This conversion wouldn't be cheap but it would replace a lot of imported oil and oil from deep off-shore wells. Bye Bye BP

Bob Lutz, CEO of GM, was on Letterman last night spreading the usual auto industry meadow muffins. He and Letterman were talking about electric cars, specifically the Chevy Volt which GM is touting as the next great car. Never mind that it won't go more than 40 miles without re-charging. . . .