If you knew for sure that the U.S. was breaking it's dependency on oil and building an infrastructure for alternative energy, would you be willing to deal with $5 -$10 gas prices for 2 years in the process?

If you knew for sure that the U.S. was doing all it could to not be dependent on oil, would you be willing to deal with gas prices in the $5 - $10 range for just a few years until it happened?