Hi Fran, Well, I have raced motorcycles since '94, and I have been a professional motorcycle racer for 7 years. My main dicipline was road racing, but I have also done some drag racing, and did a lot of training in the dirt. I recently started turning my attention to EVs. I am bringing my resouces, some sponsors, and my riding ability from my ICE days and trying to build a bike that will compete at the levels I am used to. I am also working w a company to test their motor for them at the track, to push it to its limit beyond what the average customer would do. I've got a lot of other EV projects working, and each one has a goal to further the EV world and to educate the public about all the possibilities of EVs. I've decided that it is my time to give back. If I can use my racing past and future to help promote EVs, then I will be lucky to have the opportunity. I've got a couple of websites I've been working on again. I haven't updated/maintained in a while due to lack of time, but if you want to get a general idea of my past racing you can check out
johnson64.us Jay Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -----Original Message----- From: "fran sullivan-fahs" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:19:23 To: FLEAA Mailing List<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FLEAA] the answer to the lack of materials to go green Yes, the post from Michael was so well written and complete with relevant websites. Thanks, Michael, for being a good resource for all of us. Jay, I must have missed our learning about your riding/racing. Can you post info either to me or to FLEAA about what you are doing? Sounds interesting. Fran Fran Sullivan-Fahs & The EVI Green Energy Marketing & Consulting, LLC w 850 656 5409 m 850 524 1972 http://eviblog.floridaeaa.org "There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us." E.O. Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremiah Johnson" <[email protected]> To: "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] the answer to the lack of materials to go green > Michael, > Do you mind if I add this to my website? I am going to be pushing for > awareness and education through my riding/racing. I think this was a well > thought out/written statement. > Jay > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Michael Clark > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I had an email sent to me trying to point out that raw materials to go >> green >> just arent there OR china controls all the resources. my response is as >> follows: >> >> >> I am also concerned about raw materials that are mined from the earth. >> Would we just switch from draining the earth's oil to draining the >> materials >> needed to go green? >> >> My answer is no. we will start mining rare earth metals in place of oil >> however we will be getting enough to complete the global shift from oil >> to >> renewable energy and then stopping. Also the items made from rare earth >> metals will last 20 to 30 years before needing to be replaced. We would >> not >> be just burn the metals like oil and then going back for more. Through >> recycling the metals can be retrieved from the items we build with them. >> The lead used for batteries is 98% recycled, so why not lithium >> batteries? >> oddly enough, lithium isnt the main part of lithium ion batteries and in >> fact do not contain any lithium at all, only an ionic form of lithium >> produced from cobalt, copper, nickel and iron. >> >> China is the highest source for rare earth metals simply because its the >> cheapest place to get them from. China treats its workers like slaves >> and >> the government controls all the companies so they can control the prices. >> I >> would imagine when the going green shift ramps up the companies that once >> searched for oil will search for the rare earth metals and find them >> abundantly elsewhere other than china. >> >> The good thing here is when we get all the metals we need and start >> producing the batteries, super capacitors, solar panels, etc... we will >> make what we need for 30 years and then recycle the failing items and do >> not >> have to depend on mining. >> >> >> http://seekingalpha.com/article/103972-rare-earth-metals-not-so-rare-but-valuable >> >> There is already a process that can divide all metals and plastic from >> computer circuit boards so a process to recycle all the metals from >> lithium >> batteries and solar panels to be reused isn't a far stretch. Europe has >> already solved the problem by passing a law that all batteries, >> regardless >> of type, must be recycled. >> >> >> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9001626 >> >> As far as mass transit, I forsee a transportation system just like from >> the >> movie "The Minority Report". Transport modules that run along >> electrified >> tracks just like slot cars. When you want to go somewhere you just tell >> the >> transport where to go and it takes you there. >> >> we already had electric street cars that ran all over a city, so changing >> all the roads to imbedded tracks to everywhere isnt a stretch because >> noone >> but cargo transport people would have cars or trucks. >> >> as far as where the electricity comes from to power the transport units, >> thats easy, over all the roads that are now slot tracks are solar panels. >> Think how much power could be obtained if all roads had a car port type >> roof >> over them that was nothing but a huge solar panel. we would be producing >> more power than we would need. >> _______________________________________________ >> Florida EAA mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.floridaeaa.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
