How readers would fix the energy crisis

They’re for drilling all over the U.S., building nukes, expanding ethanol and developing hydrogen. Check out their suggestions and how I plan to explore their ideas.

Thanks to the 839 readers who sent me their recipes for fixing the supply side of our national energy “problem.” I’ve never gotten so much e-mail so quickly in response to any column.

In my May 9 column “My 4-point plan to cut U.S. energy use,” which solved the demand side of the current energy crisis, I asked for your suggestions on how to tackle the other half of the problem by expanding supply. And, boy, did you all respond.

I don’t agree with everything that readers suggested. But, as I said in my column, we’re brainstorming here. So, following the time-honored rules of brainstorming, I, acting as facilitator for the group, am going to present your ideas without editorial comment. (We’ll save the trash talk for a later round.)

I’ve grouped them together by topic because, it turns out, most of your solutions to the supply-side of the energy crisis fell into six major categories:

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