Blue Sky Limousine

Remember back in the 90’s when an electric car seemed possible but unnecessary? Apparently there were a variety of forces at work to convince the public that the electric car was lame and unnecessary.

An episode of the Simpson’s lampooned the propaganda. When the family visited a theme park, they rode in an electric car ride. The car spoke in a weak, unattractive voice, saying, “Hello. I’m an electric car. I can’t go very fast, or very far…”

It makes sense that Big Oil would want to keep profits up through limiting competition from alternative fuel sources. But the fact that our environment has suffered because of it, and the fact that the U.S. is to some extent under an oil-related foreign controlling influence just makes the idea of preventing a popular electric car seem ludicrous. If we’d had and used the technology ten years ago, I wonder if the middle east would be slightly less turbulent? Would terrorism be as big a threat?