You could be driving an emission free solar or wind charged Electric Vehicle right now...

One that can do 80 mph, has a typical range of 120 miles (on the energy equivalent of 2/3 gallons of gas), has 3 times the torque (for take off) than gas, requires NO Gas,and NO Oil. ( No exhaust bills either)

And you could be driving for free after amortizing the initial equipment costs (but this has been thwarted by GM/Texaco/Chevron).

There are those that are promoting drilling in Alaska, off the coast near the fishing banks, in the Gulf but none of this is necessary anymore. A total electrical solution has already been found (years ago) but knowledge of it is being subverted.

Below is a playlist of must know information; watch at least to the end of the 2 battery stories (but you really should see further to understand how it is that the Prius is a contrivance to keep you going to the pump - a forward designed hybrid would use electric almost all of the time and would only use (bio)diesel when it went beyond it's batteries range ) .

You have to play each video individually; requires Flash Plug-in :

http://www.newbedfordopen.org/green/VideoPlaylist/VideoPlaylist.html

More info: http://www.youtube.com/user/liveoilfree

Request Toyota re-issue RV4-EV:

http://taxpayersagainstbigoil.com/


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Stanford Ovshinsky (Probably the world's greatest Guru on energy):

After watching the above see an informative piece about the inventor:
(Any serious student or professor of alternative energy should see this;

ATTN government officials: Stan gives a good general outline on what needs to be done)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DYxoacwuxg


As inventor of the Nickel Metal Hydride battery and thin film photovoltaics, Stanford Ovshinsky has provided a complete solution to moving away from fossil fuel.

This man is among the most important inventors of the 20th Century; he stands with Gilbert Hyatt (inventor of the micro-processor) and the Jobs/Wozniak team of Apple Computer (who changed the world with the personal computer and desktop printing and video).

The world, as we know it today, would not exist with out Stan's inventions. In 1988 the PBS science program Nova aired a documentary on Ovshinsky titled "Japan's American Genius".


Stan Ovshinsky's Nickel Metal Hydride battery patent was, regretfully, sold to GM; Stan thought that it would actually be deployed. Texaco bought it from GM, Chevron absorbed Texaco and now batteries large enough to power full EV's were pulled back in litigation and contracts.

The modern hybrids including Prius still use smaller Nickel Metal Hydride batteries but they are handicapped because of reduced size. The Priuses can go about 3 miles; the RAV4-EV could go 120 avg (up to 155).
This limitation insures that an I.C.E.(Internal Combustion Engine) has to keep charging them. They CANNOT BE PLUGGED INTO SOLAR OR WIND as a true EV can; their battery pack is too small to take a charge substantial enough to have a very large range of travel and so they are kept (unnecessarily) addicted to oil.


There needs to be a public energy revolt to reverse this. It is a matter of national security and anti-trust.

What can you do?

First spread the word, help inform the unknowing public about this. (virally distribute this or something similar to all of your associates)

Second refuse to buy a new fossil fuel powered car and tell car dealers and manufacturers that you refuse to buy another car unless it can plug in. (If you get junk mail or SPAM from car dealers do a return to sender and write on the page "not buying a new car unless it is an EV".)

Contact your representatives and inform them of your dismay on the anti-trust, national security and global warming ramifications caused by the limitations imposed on the Nickel Metal Hydride battery.

The availability of extended range Plug-In Hybrids would be a great imprvement, but dedicated Plug-in EV's are better for the environmrnt because you don't have to manufacture the engine and related items for each vehicle: radiators, exhaust, oil, fuel, anti-freeze, etc.

A better range extension capabilty would be trailor mouned charging system or a quick battery swap capabilty. The average American drives less than 29 miles a day and would only need this capabilty occasionally. They could do rental at their nearest U-Haul or Ryder, etc. for the occasional need.

A related petition for Plug-In Hybrids :

http://www.pluginpartners.org/whatYouCanDo/onlinePetition.cfm