Iran, Electric Cars and Our Stuck Narrative

[kristopher]

Iran, Electric Cars and Our Stuck Narrative

Randy Essex
Editorial Director
December 30, 2011

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Our national leaders are stuck and our narrative is stuck.

The entirely predictable response to Iran’s threat will be calls for military action and increased domestic oil production.

These decades-old ideas, which have not yet made us secure and leave us to depend on the continued stability of Saudi Arabia, of course do nothing to address the environmental and economic risks of continued fossil fuel dependency. We urgently need a new storyline, such as the Reinventing Fire vision of freeing the U.S. from fossil fuels by 2050, with business leading the way.
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The only way to avoid these costs is to stop using oil, and RMI research shows a huge potential prize for doing so—the transportation sector alone holds a $3.8 trillion opportunity from oil not needed.

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Coming of age during to first oil embargo Mr. Essex's observations on the energy situation are an interesting read...
http://blog.rmi.org/Iran_electric_cars_our_stuck_narrative

[kristopher]

1. Kick

[tinrobot]

2. I'm on my second electric car...

The first was a conversion, because that's all I could get. My new one is a production EV.

Electric cars are quickly becoming available. By the end of next year, almost every major manufacturer will have at least one EV in production. Those who actually care about things such as foreign oil, energy independence and reduced emissions should do like I have and buy an EV as their next car.