Obama team ready for energy "moon shoot"

Will we all be driving something like a Volt in 10 years?

Senator Ken Salazar, Obama's pick for interior secretary, is ready for big things regarding US energy policy, according to Edmunds.

"I will play a keystone role in helping to craft the energy agenda," Salazar told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. "I would not have taken this job if I was not given the assignment to help craft the energy moon shot that we will take."

While exciting and expected, I can't help but wonder what kind of "moon shot" it's going to take to simply save the US auto industry, regardless of building any new vehicles. Can both "moon shots" be achieved simultaneously?

We'll see, but the potential for fiscal fiasco seems high considering the especially sad state of today's US auto industry. Of course, it can't get much worse, right?