We have seen a lot about tire gauges, wind farms and ANWR in recent months. Proposed solutions range from the billions to the trillions in government and private spending, and it is all aimed at stopping the transfer of wealth from America to foreign oil providers, but will any of these plans work? Whose plan is better, and which one (if any) will be able to deliver the solution to foreign oil? The following links discuss the energy problem and the proposed plans to fix it.
T. Boone Pickens
http://www.pickensplan.com/theplan/
Barak's Plan
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/factsheet_energy_speech_080308.pdf
and McCain's Lexington Project
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/17671aa4-2fe8-4008-859f-0ef1468e96f4.htm?sid=google&t=lexington

Personally I like Barak's plan. It encourages American Oil companies to develop land they currently own, and allows drilling in Alaska 23 million acres of government owned property. Although I would like to see ANWR tapped, the population wouldn't see a return on its investment for a few years, and would produce about 81million barrels or oil. (Although if al1 173 million drivers inflated their tires we could save 83 million barrels in the first year, )
Although I am not a fan of the electric car, all three seem to think it is the solution. Barak wants more plug-ins while McCain wants a better battery, and Pickens wants us to use Natural Gas. The best is again Barak for me because he includes funding for the car makers to retool and refit the current American factories to help offset the huge financial Health care burden. It is estimated that 1,500 of the cars cost is to incur Healthcare costs.
Renewable Energy is my biggest concern with these plans. Pickens plan is the closest to being a real solution, instead of just political speeches. The wind corridor is a great idea, plus he is willing to put up his own money. Unfortunately there isn't enough about solar farming or planned solar communities for it to get my vote or my money.

AS far as Carbon Monoxide emissions, Obama's Cap-and-Trade program is ridiculous; the concept is that until you can get under the cap, you can buy excess credits from another company instead of paying a huge fee. This just doesn't make sense to me as way to reduce emissions.