{"id":4970,"date":"2017-10-12T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2017-10-12T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:16:11","slug":"the-distillery-october-12-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=4970","title":{"rendered":"The Distillery: October 12, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We can all use some positive news these days, especially on the environmental front in which science is considered evil, denial is an alternative fact and the EPA is now what I\u2019m calling the Environmental Destruction Agency. And while I don\u2019t want to gloss over the issues \u2013 there isn\u2019t enough paint in the world to do that \u2013 I offer here The Distillery, a weekly (or thereabouts) selection of posts to help offset the PTSD of our current nightmare.<\/p>\n

The posts I pick will be \u201creal\u201d in the sense that they aren\u2019t pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking, as fun as those can be, but are evidence of EcoOptimism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In our September 18th post, we \u201cdistilled\u201d a series of articles all regarding, as we put it, \u201cthe oncoming and inevitable demise of cars powered by the internal (or, some would say, infernal) combustion engine.\u201d Yesterday, the Washington Post, made the same observation in both an article and an opinion column.<\/p>\n

From The Washington Post:
\nOctober 11, 2017<\/span>
\nWhy 2017 will go down as the beginning of the end of the internal combustion engine<\/a><\/p>\n

October 11, 2017<\/span>
\nDo automakers dream of electric cars?<\/a><\/p>\n

And from a bit earlier in the month:<\/span>
\n October 2, 2017<\/span>
\nDeath of gas and diesel begins as GM announces plans for \u2018all-electric future\u2019Do automakers dream of electric cars?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image via CleanTechnica<\/p><\/div>\n

EcoOptimism’s take: <\/span>While we don\u2019t like to boast, can say here that we scooped the Washington Post? <\/span><\/p>\n

And gotta love the title of the op-ed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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