Much debate has surrounded American energy policies, and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard sees the big picture. A former U.S. Marine and veteran of the first Gulf War, Ballard knows the dangers of American dependency on Middle Eastern oil and has found many cost-saving and green ways to move Hoosiers away from oil.

When the electric Tesla Roadster first launched from its starting position, the car accelerated from zero to sixty in under 4 seconds—a feat that took the Chevy Corvette sixty-years and six generations of gasoline engines to achieve according to the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.