Recently, I gave a presentation on the future of energy to an audience of about 250 oil and gas professionals. Halfway through, I asked the carbon crowd to, “Raise your hand if you have driven an electric vehicle.” It took me less than five seconds to squint and visually sift out the elevated hands. Five adventuresome people, or about 2 percent of the audience acknowledged that they had taken a ride on a lithium horse. “Isn’t that a bit disconcerting?” I asked. “By now all of you in the room should be aware that new-age electric vehicles represent the first meaningful threat to your monopoly in powering the transportation market.” I went on to ask, “Don’t you think you should at least go to a Tesla, Nissan or BMW dealership and test drive the looming adversary?” Silence. I wasn’t surprised by the results of my straw poll. Hear-nothing, see-nothing […]