Something like half of the oil consumed in the world goes for transportation services.
Better Place is an electric vehicle initiative (led by Shai Aggassi, a Technion graduate) that seeks to provide a more sustainable alternative for transportation.
In the Caribbean, we need to think about a cluster of alternatives for transportation, including electric vehicles, biofuels [I especially favour a serious look at butanol, as it is a 1:1 match to gasoline in your current gas tank . . . which can also be made from algae], and of course a better public transportation network, including not only buses but light (and conventional) rail etc.
Our goal should be: effective, convenient, affordable transportation, that gets us out of the oil trap. END
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