Intrigued by rising gasoline prices in spring 2008, Christopher Steiner conceived of the concept for $20 Per Gallon when he wondered, simply, how will our lives change in a future of higher gas prices? A civil engineer and a staff writer at Forbes who regularly reports on energy, technology and innovative entrepreneurs, Steiner researched the question. His examination roamed from Manhattan tunnels to desert plane graveyards to organic farm fields and manifested in this book, which breaks down our future and its coming changes in terms of dollars per gallon.

As farmers in the 21st Century struggle with increasing energy cost and decreasing farm incomes, untapped business opportunities in renewable energy hold the promise of addressing both of these problems. Numerous other benefits also accrue including rural economic development, national security and improved environmental conditions.

Two of our congressional leaders will give us their opinions of where the state and our country need to be with respect to renewable energies and the types of policies that they support to help make that happen.