Huffpost Green The Blog   Dar Williams Headshot   Posted:
Updated:  When General Motors' EV1 rolled out in 1996, there was
no infrastructure for it, gas was about ten cents a gallon, and
cars were turning into military vehicles. And I still wanted
one. But then it was gone.  Flash forward to President Obama
saying we'll have a million electric cars on the road by 2015.
Pundits expressed immediate doubts about this number, but today
we have two big reasons to believe we can get there.  First, we
have to look beyond the options we have today. They're
expensive, and charging stations are more a novelty than a
fixture.  Sadly, if the future were left to Detroit, I too would
call the electric car a heartbreaking but undeniable fad.
Detroit reminds me of a guy who trashes therapy, makes fun of
people in therapy, and then goes to see a therapist when his
entire life falls apart. It turns out therapy's not so bad, but
it's nothing he'll brag about on Superbowl Sunday, which had six
car advertisers (not all domestic)