I believe we get less than 10% of our oil from the Middle East and Russia.
Electric cars are going to be very much like flat screen monitors and TV’s.
One of these days - out of the blue - they’ll work better and be cheaper. And when that happens suddenly there will be a massive transition to electric cars.
Whens the last time you saw a CRT?
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There is no basis of comparison between flat screen TVs and electric cars.
The TVs use proven technology that is getting easier and cheaper by the day, while electric cars are proving by the day that existing technology is not adequate, and proposed technologies problematic and attending costs rising rapidly as resources are exhausted.
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And that is when we'll be wishing that Obama hadn't closed down the coal industry and clean coal technology.