Beyond Oil: Personal Mobility in the 21st Centur

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Beyond OilPersonal Mobility in the 21st Century

• American Dream Coalition Conference
• Bellevue, Washington
• April 18, 2009
• Steve Marshall, Cascadia Center
• [phone] marshallsj_at_comcast.net

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No single issue is as fundamental to our
future as energy.  America's dependence on oil
is one of the most serious threats that our
nation has faced.  It bankrolls dictators, pays
for nuclear proliferation, and funds both sides
of our struggle against terrorism.  It puts the
American people at the mercy of shifting gas
prices, stifles innovation and sets back our
ability to compete. It will be the policy of my
administration to reverse our dependence on
foreign oil.... President Barack Obama, January
26, 2009
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• Stimulus bill spending over 4 years 787
  billion
• Oil import bill over the last 2 years 790
  billion
• Oil import bill over the next 4 years 800
  billion
• (largest federal spending bill since World War
  II)

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Transportation Produces 51 of Puget Sound
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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• To reduce oil dependence, nothing would do more
  good more quickly than making cars that could
  connect to the electric grid.
• Brookings Institution Report, January 22, 2007

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GMs Chevy Volt
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The Tesla Roadster
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The Fisker Karma
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• Ford CEO Alan Mullaly said that although
  gasoline prices are now low, over time we are
  going to see ever-increasing prices for energy.
• Asked about Fords long-term plans, Mulally
  said Youll see more hybrids, but you will
  really see a lot more electric vehicles.

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Better Place announces a network of
electric-vehicle charging sites in the San
Francisco Bay Area
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Carlos Ghosn, Nissans CEO, has announced an
agreement with Oregon to deliver electric
vehicles to the state by 2010
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