Dr. Jim Stevenson and the mayor of North Van presented Al Gore's slide show (not the movie.) The slide show is interesting because it was customised by Stevenson for local content. We also took the Revived Battery electric pickup, which was displayed outside Capilano College's theater, and seemed to inspire lots of young people, as you'll see in these video clips.
Here's a link to a video blog of what Jenny Kwan, Vancouver MLA and several citizens said about our electric pickup at the Mt. Pleasant Harvest Festival, where our EV was on display:
Here's a link to a video blog of what Jenny Kwan, Vancouver MLA and several citizens said about our electric pickup at the Mt. Pleasant Harvest Festival, where our EV was on display:
Sad to learn, during our festival activities, that almost no young child is aware of Salmon Decline or Conservation of fish stocks thru Catch and Release fishing methods. So, we at Solar Power Roadshow started something we call the Catch and Release Fishing Conservation Roadshow.. here's a video clip:
Check out our trip photos, click on link above. People love to talk to us about this, especially after the CBC aired David Attenborough's complete "The Truth About Climate Change", of which, part two was about solving what the scientists called, "a foreseeable catastrophe."
Peter Mansbridge and the CBC Newsworld's crew has been airing, nightly, devastating stories of the effects of climate change around the world. It pains me to watch this. Have you seen it?
This show compels me and my informal group of electronic hobbyists to put in an effort to put five electric vehicles, running from Revived Batteries (taken from a scrap pile, thereby reducing pollution at the same time) on Vancouver's roads.
We already have three battery breakthroughs in our electric pickup truck, which you can check out in the EV Album webpages. It is the first battery vehicle with a per-mile cost that is a fraction of the cost of gasoline.
However, we need more 'nearly- free-energy' cars/trucks on the road. Five such vehicles should inspire people everywhere, that they are not helpless, either.
Let's do it now. Yesterday.
However, we're just hobbyists, and are clueless about raising funds. We need help here.
Is there anything you can do?
Yours truly,
Rob Matthies 306 - 349 East 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 1J9 ( 6 0 4 ) 7 3 9 - 7 7 1 7
P.S. Have you read the new book, "Lives Per Gallon"?
EV DIARY - Part Two- WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR COTTAGE INDUSTRY?
Everything here is just my opinion, my two cents worth, and my opinion could be wrong, too.
Did you see the movie, "Who Killed The Electric Car?" and wondered why the dozens of small electric car makers never became more successful? In fact, almost all of them bit the dust, or went belly-up! The notable exceptions include CANEV in Vancouver Island, probably because most of his business is for airport utility trucks, not cars. The other notable exception is AC Propulsion in California.