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
Obviously the horse can still do things that the gas car can never do, and the gas car will always be able to do things the electric car can't do. But they have really different uses and advantages. — 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
