Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff, is a big supporter of natural gas
While electric vehicles running off of a clean national electricity grid would be the ideal response to carbon emissions from cars, it is unclear to us whether battery technology has developed enough to support this shift. As we’ve noted before, anyone who has experienced frustration with their laptop or cell phone battery dying after minimal use has first-hand experience regarding the current state of battery technology.
This is something that Pickens notes when he advocates shifting our vehicles to natural gas as a “bridge” solution. Green Inc. notes today that Pickens may have a new ally in the White House regarding this issue. Obama’s soon-to-be chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is a big believer in natural gas as an alternative fuel.
Last summer, in his capacity as a congressman, Emanuel introduced a piece of legislation that “would mandate automakers to build 10 percent of their fleet with natural gas fueled vehicles by 2018. His bill also included tax credits and other incentives and mandates to spread natural gas pumps to filling stations across the country.”
If doubts remain as to the current state of battery technology, thereby requiring the need for a “bridge” fuel, Emanuel’s influence may increase the chances that we move closer towards natural gas.
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