[Sust-mar] made in canada electric car

[Ruth Lapp]

Thanks Kim for drawing our attention to the Zenn car.  The Zenn electric car is truly an intriguing example of innovation in technology, and cute too, as far as cars go.  I am hoping that consumers who are eager and financially able to go this route of being green in meeting their personal transportation needs, will question the claim by manufacturers that the Zenn car is  'zero emission'. How can this be, if it is being plugged into the current power grid which is fed through coal and nuclear generation?  (although I am hearing that nuclear is being billed as the new green energy source). 
Thanks again
Ruth Lapp
  
    
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  From: kim thompson 
  To: sust-mar at list.web.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 6:51 PM
  Subject: [Sust-mar] made in canada electric car


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  Hello all,
  Maybe this is not new news to anyone but me, but check this out...


    An electric car is made in Quebec 
    (http://www.zenncars.com/) which wasnt allowed to be
    sold up until quite recently in Canada until
    public/media "outrage" forced the issue and now Zenns
    are available legally in British Columbia. The
    likelihood of a Zenn car becoming "legal" in Ontario
    is possibly quite low due to the complexities of
    the issue surrounding the idea of taxpayers (through
    electricity cost subsidization) contributing to the
    transportation needs of probably largely urban Zenn
    drivers.


    It sells well in the US of course where
    notions of "the larger good" are seen as socialistic?


    Beats me. 


    ML








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