Despite today's obsession with the idea of "peak oil", what really matters to the world economy is not when conventional oil production peaks, but whether we have enough affordable and convenient fuel from any source to power our current fleet of cars, buses and aeroplanes.
"Today's cities require a new approach to their transit challenges, but most solutions don't address the very real problems of too many vehicles on the road and not enough affordable and convenient transportation options," said Chemi Peres, who is joining the board with this round.
As more journalists, musicians, actors, and athletes allow Facebook Subscribers, the feature will be good enough and more convenient.
Also, the database is large enough, and therefore convenient enough, that buyer's agents can generally find homes for their clients in the location and price range that they desire.
Piracy isn't an industry-killing problem for publishers yet, and if they can keep prices low enough and delivery mechanisms convenient enough, it could even stay that way.
Only when the battery is physically and economically separate from the vehicle, he insists, will electric cars be cheap and convenient enough for the mass market.
