Planting trees, what is this 1970? House Republicans need to get their head out of their asses, do some proper governing and get the US off of gas and oil. There are still millions of reasons to use petroleum and that transition will be a long one. But the easy ones already exist, replace power plants and cars with electric alternatives. Nuclear, Solar, Wind, Hydro are all mature technologies that are real today and can replace a huge amount of everyday oil.