It might just change the way that our current power grid works or make our air cleaner and environment "greener". However, to my opinion, the key change will be political.
Gas embargo was used in the past as a political tool: On October 16, 1973, oil producing countries announced a decision to raise the posted price of oil by 70%, to $5.11 a barrel In response to the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military" during the Yom Kippur war. The following day, oil ministers agreed to the embargo, a cut in production by five percent, and to continue to cut production over time in five percent increments until their economic and political objectives were met. Another example in the more recent past is the 1990 oil price shock - caused by the Gulf War. Perhaps the next crisis can be prevented.
The key for a political change, in this case, is a technological shift.
Volt symbolizes this change. And the key component that enables the Volt is a Lithium-ion battery. At that point I realized that I know very little about a chemical that is in the core of the greatest political, economical and environmental change of modern times. So, I headed straight to the wiki page of Lithium.
The first thing that captured my attention was its molecular structure, seen in the picture above.
Symbolically, I see a star of david - a Jewish symbol of hope and protection.
Let the symbolic metal mark the start of the revolution of our time and let electric cars rule the roads. Lithium - you could not have arrived at a better time.
