More Greenspan love; Don't forget Plug In Partners
Jul 11, 2006 (From the CalCars-News archive)

(Just in case you don't read every single CalCars posting and wonder
what the heck I'm doing here, check out
http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/464.html)

Three items here:

1) Greenspan Hearts PHEVs

2) Toronto Star on "Who Killed" and the future of EVs/PHEVs

3) Sixth-Sootiest City working to join Plug In Partners. Your city too!

1) Alan Greenspan (who's previously supported PHEVs "despite their
inconvenience" -- http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/434.html) has
clearly drunk the plug-in Kool Aid. In one of Arianna's blog entries
at the eponymous Huffington Post she describes her recent trip to the
Aspen Ideas Festival:

"Then there was Alan Greenspan. During a discussion on 'Oil and Gas:
The Next 50 Years,' the former Fed head said he believes the energy
future will belong to cellulosic ethanol, made from switchgrass, and
plug-in hybrid vehicles. He said while many people think this is
nonsense, he thinks it's inevitable -- and would happen 'when gas gets
to X dollars a gallon.' But he wouldn't say what X was."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/powell-on-iraq-couric-on_b_2459\
9.html

2) The Toronto Star's Tyler Hamilton has a lengthy article in
yesterday's issue, giving a detailed overview of "Who Killed" and the
electric vehicle future. Includes CalCars mention and nice section on
PHEVs:

http://tinyurl.com/eabd9

3) Burbank, CA -- recently named the city with the sixth-sootiest air
in the nation -- will consider joining Plug In Partners in a July 18
City Council meeting. Whether or not your air is as dirty as Burbank's
(probably not!), your city should still be on Plug In Partners's list
(http://www.pluginpartners.org/campaignOverview/partnerList.cfm). If
it's not, you can help! Contact (or continually harangue) your local
officials and tell them to join the growing coalition. Start by
checking out what local governments can do:
http://www.pluginpartners.org/whatYouCanDo/localGovernment.cfm

Here's the LA Daily News article on Burbank's consideration:
http://www.dailynews.com/glendale/ci_4029268

John