These truths are evident:

• Oil will be with us for a long time.
• Our standard of living relies on it, more than
  it should.
• There is no suitable oil replacement now.
  There should be.
• We know that. Energy companies know that, too. They’ve already invested over $125 billion on emerging energy.
• We all want to discover a suitable oil substitute.
  The Solar Fuels Institute will lead the way.

These truths do not have to be:

• Hidden oil costs inevitably rise.
• America’s dependency on oil is risky.
• Our oil dependency has reached 27% of our
  total energy consumption.
• We import over 40 percent of the oil we consume.
• Oil and related products account for more than
  half of the U.S. trade deficit.

Further, in the discourse on energy independence this point is often missed: Electricity is not the issue.
Liquid fuels are.

There are acceptable ways to create sustainable electricity.

There are no long-term acceptable ways to create sustainable liquid fuels to run our planes, trains, trucks, tractors and cars. There needs to be.

The Solar Fuels Institute is endowed with certain undeniable abilities to pursue and deliver a sustainable, affordable replacement to oil.

Solar fuels represent the best long-term replacement for petroleum-based fuels when the science and engineering challenges are solved.

We see the sun as the answer and technology as the solution to emancipation from oil dependency, which threatens our economy, health and security. We call it Sunthetics^TM and invite inquiry. We are available to support a variety of research projects in this area vital to our future energy needs. Please contact us for details on how we can help achieve your goals.

Well documented hidden costs of oil are added to the at-the-pump price we see, making the true cost of a gallon of gas between $8 and $11, making our imperative fundamental.

In the mid-term, biofuels, batteries and even natural gas may mitigate. They are not the ultimate solution.

We are inspired by this earlier declaration and openly recruit you to solve one of the most challenging scientific problems:

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another … they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." (U.S. Declaration of Independence)