The only way I see it for the US economy to save it self is to become less dependent on outside oil. Take a look at europe.
- Build new nuclear powerplats instead of oil and gas
- Introduce E85 as a fuel to replace normal 95 and 98 octane fuel.
- Focus a lot on wind and wave power.
- Solarpower
Try flying over the neatherlands, denmark or sweden without seeing one single windpower generator... not happening =)
If they can reduce the amount of oil used by the normal population, the price of oil for aircrafts might drop...