Yes I did read your comment.
You said:” Are you kidding me? If the U.S. and Europe drove plug-ins (including plug-in hybrids like the Volt), it would reduce our gasoline consumption by 80% to 90%.
That would have a devastating impact on oil exporting nations like Iran and Russia.”
We do not get much of our oil from either source, none from the one.
It would have no effect if the US did that.
Who it would effect, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, anyone who we do higher volume deals with.
Russia literally wouldn’t be bothered.
We only imported 119,496 barrels of oil from them last year.
Our level of oil import from Russia has been decreasing since 2009 and Obama’s “peregruzka”.
No, my other comment. You know, that other one you replied to, #89. Here it is again:
Oil is a global commodity. It is roughly the same price everywhere. So even if you don't use a drop of Iranian oil, your gasoline use aggregates with all the other U.S. and European demand, which causes an increase in global oil prices, which enriches Iran when they sell their oil to China and India.
On the other hand, if the U.S. and Europe started driving most of their miles on electricity, it would cause oil prices to plummet and bankrupt Iran.
Make sense?
Granted, understanding this does require a low-level understanding of economics.