Petrodollar and aggressive push for clean energy: is it possible to have both?

[yurbud]

I'm wondering if it's possible for a president to do much more on switching to clean energy than Obama has done as long as our dollar is propped up by oil being traded in dollars.

Wouldn't going all out to eliminate fossil fuels through a major monkey wrench in our monetary policy?

I'm not defending Obama or petrodollar recycling, but if people don't know how big the obstacles are to solving a problem, they're not going to bring a big enough ladder.