This past Wednesday (EARTHDAY, 2009) I was at the University in Whitewater, Wisconsin.
After attending the keynote speech on Electric Vehicles, I headed out to the parking lot to show off my Electro-Metro, along with Insight, Prius, and NEV owners.
One of the break-out sessions on the program that caught my eye, but I could not attend, as I was busy at the car show, was about human power.
The speaker would be talking about using human power to run household appliances, creating electricity, and more.
One of the people later in the day looking at my car was a woman carrying a large box of books. On the side, it said "Human Power".
Sure enough, she was the author speaking at the breakout session. I didn't have enough money on me right then to buy a book right off her, but I did get to page through a copy. It looked really good.
I just browsed through the web site for the book. I thought it was very interesting. You might too.
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