Drive my car

Why aren't we investing heavily into alternative forms of energy? I know it would screw me over a bit, but the US should be taxing gas heavily in order to promote this transition. Now sports car and truck drivers, before you drive down my throat (ha, drive), I want you to hear me out. Just for you, I won't even play the environment card. F the evironment. Look at it from a few other perspectives. First, oil is finite. That is a fact. Eventually... all the oil on earth will be gone. Laws of supply and demand say that as supply diminishes (and assuming demand remains... which let's face it...) the price increases. So whether we raise the tax on gas now or not, the price will go up. The other reason I have for this push is that I want this country to continue being awesome. And... well, you know who's going to be rich in fifty years? The country who's producing vehicles that are beyond gasoline. Also, the other countries will have to eat boot. Hopefully our boot.