>From: Sam Uzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >The blantant lies of Ford and GM that "no one wants EVs" are, IMHO, their >biggest vulnerability. My thought is that if enough people are willing to sign >affadavits that they are/were on waiting lists (or if the actual waiting lists >themselves could be obtained), then that could be used as leverage to pry open >the lie... perhaps a legal action would be useful (I don't know if lieing to >the public is against the law, but it sure is slimey), and certainly it would go >a long way to convince some journalist to take the story and run with it >(there's a Pullitzer prize waiting out there for whoever rips this one open, I >would guess)... if not Frontline, then some local affiliate or newspaper with >someone who's hungry to make a name for themselves and has the gumption for a >fight > >perhaps each of us should start writing letters to local news people in our >areas encouraging them to take up the story - if nothing else it will inform >reporters that there is something going on besides what's in the corporate press >releases
That's exactly what I've done and there's a story in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat today (Wed.) as a result. It starts "Nick Carter has never owned a car, but he wants to sell one to you. The problem is, the car he'd like you to be driving is darn near impossible to buy." It goes on to talk about our Th!nk and the EV1, EV+ RAV4, ZEV mandate, etc. The journalist who wrote the piece drove our Th!nk, like it, and was very receptive. IMHO the only way we can counter the misinformation put out by the auto manufacturers is to get stories like this out there as well as educating the people who stop by the car every day with the "how far, how fast, etc." questions. Our chapter of the EAA is exhibiting at the local American Lung Association "Blow the whistle on asthma" walk this weekend and I see that as another important collaboration. Children are suffering and dying from asthma and there is a direct link between asthma and vehicle pollution. We need to reach those parents who think it is normal to drive to soccer practice in an SUV with their kids clutching their inhalers. Well, duh! End rant. Happy EV'ing, Nick Dr Nick Carter, Owner, npc Imaging, 3000 Cleveland Avenue, Suite 209, Santa Rosa CA 95403-2117 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel/fax: +1 (707) 573 9361 http://www.npcimaging.com Th!nk City EV driver & President, North Bay Chapter, Electric Auto Association *************************************************************** ** Now available at npcimaging.com... ** ** Music Engraving Today by Steve Powell now in stock. ** ** The Art of Music Engraving and Processing by Ted Ross & ** ** Handbook of Instrumentation, both on CD-ROM ** ** 41 CD sheet music titles: thousands of pages from $14.95! ** ** Books by Stone, Ross, Gerou & Lusk, Stiller, Gamble, etc. ** ***************************************************************
