Thanks for putting contributing a plan. I'm not smart enough to offer my own, but I did have a couple of musings on your proposals.

Well, I believe that markets will help to solve the problem, but government can help accelerate us towards a solution through the use of sound policy.

Our government come up with a sound policy? The only way this can happen is if this "sound policy" benefited the _________ (insert your favorite corporate lobby here) industry. If Boeing, GE, et al decided to get out of the weapons business and start building smart cars, it might garner support for your plan in Congress. Unless a majority of Americans pay attention to the political process and work to influence positive outcomes, nothing will change. Even if they do, they are fed so much misinformation that many (most) will support the wrong thing anyways.

From your blog:

First, eliminate the use of heating oil in American homes. Heating oil and diesel fuel are essentially the same product, so heating oil demand directly impacts the price of diesel and gasoline. Replacing oil heating with gas heating would replace demand for imported oil with demand for natural gas that is produced primarily in the US and Canada.

Natural gas prices have been rising faster than oil. Shifting demand from heating oil to natural gas is sure to drive the price of it even higher. Natural gas is needed to make fertilizers which are also experiencing dramatic up ticks in price. We can always carpool, ride bikes, drive slower, downsize vehicles, etc. but we're always going to need fertilizer unless there is some type of shift to less industrial farming and more permaculture. Either way, I doubt we'll be supporting 9 billion people in 2050 as is commonly forecasted. If we are, it will only be at disastrous cost to the ecosystem.

I know it's a tired cliche, but the thought of deck chairs on a sinking cruise liner come to mind...

I'd welcome comments on the proposals - while many have suggested raising gas taxes and other Pigovian solutions, I think the steps I've proposed might have a slightly better reception, since they don't involve "penalties".

The "carrot" only approach only reinforces the idea that BAU can continue ad infinitum. The first step to solving a crisis is admitting that one exists. We have not reached that point yet. I fear that once people start to grasp the seriousness of the situation, the sucking sound you hear will be the global economy going down the toilet.

Thanks for trying to make positive suggestions, we can use more of that around here. I hope my comments can help refine your proposals. Cheers.