The car future - no oil

If we want to change, change needs to be able to be adopted by users. Users tend to adopt in increments and not in wholes. This is one of the most realistic approaches to a no oil future that includes automobile transportation.

Forget about the hybrid auto -- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020. (Recorded at TED2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 18:06.)

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