Electric Cars Aren't Going to Save Us

Walter Russell Mead, Am. InterestWe all have our off days; Tom Friedman (a man I admire) had one last Sunday in a New York Times column calling for higher gas taxes and a crash program to build electric cars.  As usual, he’s worried about the right things and is even ahead of the curve.  The piece raises some serious questions about the future of the American middle class, our dependency on gasoline creates both environmental and security problems, and China in particular is making some long term investments in infrastructure that are likely to exacerbate some of the competitive issues we...

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