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8 steps to US energy security

If Americans are serious about making energy security a moon shot for this generation, the president and Congress must create an integrated rather than piecemeal approach for meeting this goal.

Here's a plan to consider.

鈥 Steve Yetiv, August 15, 2012

4. Make electric cars more convenient

A connected electric grid could also help run electric cars on a mass scale, which would decrease oil use in transportation where most oil is burned. Electric and hybrid cars can鈥檛 succeed on the notion of 鈥渂uild it and they will come鈥 鈥 which seems to be today鈥檚 nonstrategy. The US needs an updated 鈥渟mart鈥 grid and plug-in stations so people don鈥檛 get 鈥渞ange anxiety,鈥 and America needs to make those cars cheaper, one way or the other, or they won鈥檛 be bought en masse.

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