This week, in my home state, our incoming Governor killed a long-developed regional high speed rail investment that would have helped get some travelers off of oil. So I'm looking for other signs of hope in a world that needs to transition off oil-based transportation. I found it when I heard Shai Agassi's interview with Charlie Rose - talking about how to run an entire country without oil and with no new science -- today and not 20 years from now. Riveting. This is a brilliant plan to make electric cars, ideally charged by renewable energy, affordable and convenient. The company is building the infrastructure across Israel, Denmark, Japan, and doing a pilot with taxis in the San Francisco Bay Area. This company is combining a smart business with a social mission to reduce climate change.
This is well worth your time to watch!
For a shorter interview, check out this Canadian broadcast.
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Love the vision! --welcomed positive energy on a gloomy December morning.
ReplyDeleteHe was interviewed on NPR yesterday morning:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.npr.org/2010/12/13/132020612/cost-savings-will-lure-americans-to-electric-cars