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Facebook. Com booktv. Really it was what convinced regulars that an electric car was a viable Consumer Option and it caused them to develop a set of rules that would come to a much larger package of air pollution related rules that essentially set out a timeline for innovation and said in 1998 2 of the cars that are sold in california have to be electric. And by 2003 10 have to be electric. But that failed. I would say it didnt feel. It was postponed, and one of the good things about this policy...

Biggest electric Utility Company in america he was going to give lots of people to the electric system and what a great market it would be. Didnt work out. There are two more episodes and finally we are here today. It is challenging to write a book on the subject to write the book that levi tillemann, several requirements necessary. You have to know cars and need a sense of Automobile Technology you have to know chinese and japanese and 4, you have to have the sense of National Politics and inte...

The city of washington. Net emissarys name was Frances Blair and he has an extraordinary offer, he said will you lead and the union army to crush secession . Remember the story, blair tried in every way to convince robert e. Lee to say yes. He said the country looks to you, quote, as a representative of the washington family to save the Union George Washington forged and that is not an exaggeration because the son of George Washington son in lot of George Washingtons adopted child. So now only o...

About a lot of different things. Well bring you thoughts on the economy in a few minutes. Also well sit down with the berkshire managers and talk about their business now. We have the leaders of net jets our yennal tradingoriental trading and others. Its a busy morning but i know you have this mornings top headline. The top headline is your lighting. You look spectacular. Perfect. Can you get some tips from those guys there. Theyre just probably Walking Around setting up did you ask them how the...

There are stacks outside if anybody gets hungry here. Are you ready . High, everybody. Im daniel yergin, director of new america and im pleased to welcome you to this discussion today on the electric car. And also very happy to welcome the viewers on cspan2 our discussion. We are going to be talking about a terrific book today called the great race by levi tillemann. Its a very timely book. This is really the fourth time that the electric car has appeared on the scene and the first time was when...

John planning s car trip . Warmer weather means driving season. We all have opinions about the price of gas, what might be don abt it, but it turns out some much ofhat we think that we know is not so. And one reason we get it wrong is that companies and Interest Groups like to ask. Politicians, well, like maybe too harsh a word. They mislead. They pretend that was a few law they can make everything better. President obamas says gas cost too much and he feels our pain. The serious blow to your bu...

Mccain who wanted to return to allow the process to go forward even though the process the senator that is suffering from brain cancer blasted something that has deteriorated in the United States, that is bipartisanship. Lets get the read from mike emanuel to where we go to from here, mike. Good afternoon. They needed Vice President mike pence to split the tie. And Mitch Mcconnell said a short time ago, they keep working at it and noted that the democrats had trouble with this seven years ago. W...

Senate. we come back to the basics. what did we tell the voters to do? they elected us to repeal and replace it. if this process breaks down, im all for a clean repeal. in fact, we started that process last week. they discharged it and came in with the separate replacement legislation as well. thats what we thought we would do initially and im not opposed to that now. i think that would be a good approach as well. >> in this process that you know so well, congressman, after the debate, they star...

But, you know, technology continues to develop, solar cells are going to get smaller and more efficient and batteries, also, and other forms of energy storage are going to get smaller and smaller. eventually, it wont be some big thing stuck on your wall. it will be integrated into your home and the solar cells, too, will be integrated into your home. the home themselves, the buildings themselves will become harvesters and energizers of storer unobtrusively and energy. >> the problem is sort of a...

>> well, i think mostly what he did with the announcement is open peoples minds to the possibility. i mean, currently, batteries are still too big and bulky and hold too little power to make solar dominant, more than sort of an add-on to other forms of power. but, you know, technology continues to develop, solar cells are going to get smaller and more efficient and batteries, also, and other forms of energy storage are going to get smaller and smaller. eventually, it wont be some big thing stuck...