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by Ted C.
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I love the Lacey alternative fuel fair just for the simple fact of having
at that perfect time of the year that gas prices are shooting up. The "SHOCK
and AW" ( to borrow a term) of gas prices really gets their attention of
where things are headed. If it was at the end of the summer the people are
use to the prices by then and would not get as high of a turn out. The only
gamble in a western Washington spring is that rain factor. But liquid sun
shine rarely dentures the hard core Washingtonian. We don't tan, we rust.
Ted
Lacey, WA
http://www.evalbum.com/915
N47 03.442 W122 49.108
"THE Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long
before the world runs out of oil."
Quotation is from Sheikh Zaki Yamani, a Saudi Arabian who served as his
country's oil minister three decades ago.
----- Original Message -----
From: "paul holmes" <barbiesbla@...>
To: <ev@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 6:48 PM
Subject: [EVDL] Lacey, WA Alternative Energy Fair Success Despite Rain
>
> About a year ago, I converted an old mountain bike to electric. Lacey,
> my home town, was having an energy fair this last Saturday, so I called up
> city hall to find out if I could have a booth to display it. The day
> started really rainy, but there were still a good number of people. I had
> a
> nice display on a cardboard backing (my wife put it together) that was
> getting soaked (I wasn't very prepared), and a fellow ev-er lent me a big
> tent.
> I bet I talked to about 100 people in-depth about how the bike works,
> the cost, how to assemble the lead acid pack, etc. Almost none of them
> had
> ever seen an electric bike. They loved the simplicity of the front hub
> motor. Plus, my setup was cheap, so I got to tell them that it can be
> done
> for $300-350. People ranging in ages from 10 to 80 (not joking!) took
> turns
> riding the e-bike all around Huntamer Park. Most came back with that
> famous
> EV grin (it can happen even from e-bikes!!). These people were hungry for
> alternatives for their transportation. It was really exciting to see!
> Lee's tipping point isn't here yet, but if we get out there and show our
> stuff, people are perhaps more willing to listen now than ever before.
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at that perfect time of the year that gas prices are shooting up. The "SHOCK
and AW" ( to borrow a term) of gas prices really gets their attention of
where things are headed. If it was at the end of the summer the people are
use to the prices by then and would not get as high of a turn out. The only
gamble in a western Washington spring is that rain factor. But liquid sun
shine rarely dentures the hard core Washingtonian. We don't tan, we rust.
Ted
Lacey, WA
http://www.evalbum.com/915
N47 03.442 W122 49.108
"THE Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long
before the world runs out of oil."
Quotation is from Sheikh Zaki Yamani, a Saudi Arabian who served as his
country's oil minister three decades ago.
----- Original Message -----
From: "paul holmes" <barbiesbla@...>
To: <ev@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 6:48 PM
Subject: [EVDL] Lacey, WA Alternative Energy Fair Success Despite Rain
>
> About a year ago, I converted an old mountain bike to electric. Lacey,
> my home town, was having an energy fair this last Saturday, so I called up
> city hall to find out if I could have a booth to display it. The day
> started really rainy, but there were still a good number of people. I had
> a
> nice display on a cardboard backing (my wife put it together) that was
> getting soaked (I wasn't very prepared), and a fellow ev-er lent me a big
> tent.
> I bet I talked to about 100 people in-depth about how the bike works,
> the cost, how to assemble the lead acid pack, etc. Almost none of them
> had
> ever seen an electric bike. They loved the simplicity of the front hub
> motor. Plus, my setup was cheap, so I got to tell them that it can be
> done
> for $300-350. People ranging in ages from 10 to 80 (not joking!) took
> turns
> riding the e-bike all around Huntamer Park. Most came back with that
> famous
> EV grin (it can happen even from e-bikes!!). These people were hungry for
> alternatives for their transportation. It was really exciting to see!
> Lee's tipping point isn't here yet, but if we get out there and show our
> stuff, people are perhaps more willing to listen now than ever before.
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/Lacey%2C-WA-Alternative-Energy-Fair-Success-Despite-Rain-tp17053549p17053549.html
> Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at
> Nabble.com.
>
> _______________________________________________
> For subscription options, see
> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev
>
>
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