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Sure, lithium-ion batteries have risks, but so do gasoline-powered cars. As I write in another story today, lithium-ion batteries that power electric cars have some inherent risks, just like any way of storing energy for cars. The point of that article is that those risks can be managed, just as we've managed the risks with gasoline (see " Are Electric Vehicles a Fires Hazard?

I like to talk about electric cars. I spend a lot of time telling friends about my conversion project. Conversations are struck up at gas stations (where I only stop to buy coffee of course), at the gym and at work.

ROBIN YOUNG, HOST: Ozzie Zehner asks provocative questions, and he says environmentalists need to do that as well. The title of his 2012 book says it all: "Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism."