1sclunn wrote: > I am starting to feel the magic, that Something special is about to > happen... when you see My hood ornament on the hood of every EV out > there with My name "The Clunn", well We may be eating crow together. > I will not be marketing them as free energy devices but as a device > that actually SELL ELECTRIC CARS... They will do this by GENERATING > INTEREST. I haven't done any testing yet but I really think I have > something here...
Steve, I really think you *are* onto something! Solar Car put small solar panels on their EV conversions. Of course they didn't generate enough electrictity to bother. But it was the idea that counted; the dream of a solar-powered car. It keeps the dream alive. A hood ornament that charges a battery from the wind is the same sort of idea. Of course it doesn't produce enough power to do much; charge a 9v battery, run a clock, support the car's standby losses when parked. But it works, all the same! It makes people think the unthinkable idea; "Why are we buying all this dirty oil from people who hate us halfway around the world? Energy is as free as the wind!" Of course it's silly; it's supposed to be. But what a wonderful ice-breaker when talking to people about your EV! People who would otherwise walk right by and never say a word will now just have to stop and ask, "What is that thing on your hood?" And the door is opened... Forget naming it the "Tilley" or the "Clunn". You already invented a perfect name for it. GENERATING INTEREST. Put this name right on the device. Especially if it goes on a Ford Th!nk, on the other side put Th!ink Electric! -- PS -- Let me tell you a little story. Around 1982, Heath Company came out with a robot kit for hobbyists, called the "Hero". To announce it to the world, they ordered a bunch of made-in-China wind-up models of the Hero, like the cheap toys they give away at McWendyKings. The little Heros were wound up, and put in a box shaped so that when you opened it, the little Hero marched out waving a little banner that said, "The Hero is coming!" They sent these to all the journalists with their press release kits. Journalists thought the little toy was so cute that virtually every one of them ran Heath's press release in their publications (free of charge, which is how it works with press releases). Thus Heath got an ENORMOUS amount of publicity! The battery charger hood ornament has just that sort of potential for exciting HUGE amounts of interest. -- Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
