Too much emphasis on "how will we drive when there is no oil" and not nearly enough on avoiding driving altogether. I suggest committing $500 million a year to rail electrification. That's 250 track-miles per year, and over 10 years, that could cover much of the busiest freight and passenger rail corridors, increasing efficiency and of course speed, and reducing car and truck use.
Agreed. Reducing need for automobiles in the first place should be priority #1. I thought the whole biofuels thing seems a little too much. I'm all for investigating EROEI and such, but this seems to assume that they will be a major part of our transportation fuel future. I really don't think it's scaleable given basic physical limitations.