What oil companies don't want you to know is that refineries use a huge amount of electricity in refining gasoline. And that's usually not even figured into reports about gas cars' overall energy use. — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
In the case of all the carmakers, there's a certain amount of greenwash. Take Toyota: They were pushing the Prius while they were meanwhile marketing the hell out of the Sequoia and other models with terrible gas mileage. — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
I think China is set up to surpass the US on the even more critical industry of green power. — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
I'm sure the gasoline companies would love to keep their 100 percent monopoly on transportation fuel. — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
Solar, for example - which has typically been thought of as so expensive - is cheap when compared with, for example, the cost of… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
There are not a ton of people buying cars - cars are expensive. So people usually go for the cheapest car they can get.… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
I think electric cars can help save Detroit. They reflect good decision-making, and there has been bad decision making in the auto industry for… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
What oil companies don't want you to know is that refineries use a huge amount of electricity in refining gasoline. And that's usually not… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
Obviously the horse can still do things that the gas car can never do, and the gas car will always be able to do… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
I like to take folks back to the turn of the century when people said 'gas cars can never replace horses because you can… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
In the case of all the carmakers, there's a certain amount of greenwash. Take Toyota: They were pushing the Prius while they were meanwhile… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think they continue… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
