I’ve been of this opinion for a long long time.  We need to get off of foreign oil, not just because it will be better for our economy, not just because it’ll (probably) be better for the environment, but because until we do get off of foreign oil we are beholden to groups of people that don’t have our best interests at heart.

General Wesley Clark recently gave a speech where he stated that our dependence on foreign oil is a huge threat to our national security.

During the speech, which was given in Detroit, Clark said that the current status of the EV industry is similar to the early stages of the personal computer or cell phone industry.  He feels that we are closing in on an apex of similar techonological revolution for our autos and that the new industry will be a boon to the economy and create new jobs.

“We spawned a whole new industry off of personal computing,” Clark said. “We need that next big thing for America, and it could be right here at this conference. It could be in electric vehicle technologies.”