Fight terror, invent electric cars

Peres: Fight terror - reduce global dependence on oil

President Shimon Peres on Monday hailed Israel's new weapon against the threat of "terrorism" from its Middle East neighbors - the electric car.

Outlining Israel's development priorities in an address to foreign journalists to mark this week's 60th anniversary of statehood, Peres said reducing global dependence on oil would curb oil-producing states' ability to fund Israel's enemies.

"Oil ... is not only polluting the air, it is also promoting terror," said the 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has long promoted Israel's now powerful high-tech industries.

Peres argued that manifold increases in oil prices in recent years had contributed to a rise in financing for terrorism in the Middle East

Okay, I confess, I kind of understand where Mr Shimon Peres is coming from, but if I extend his logic, then the Bush Administration itself would be a direct sponsor of terrorism by continuing to buy oil from the Middle East and refusing to cut down or ratify any treaty that threatens its use of oil.