Happy Birthday America - Energy Independence Day
 

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Hi everyone, as you may know, July 4th is Independence Day in the United States, usually celebrated with parades, picnics, and fireworks.

I ran my Electric Geo Metro in our local parade on Saturday, with "Freedom from Foreign Oil" and "Support Energy Independence" banners on the car.

What I learned was interesting - Most of the adults in the crowd cheered, but some children said "it's too small!" and a Girl Scout asked me if it was a Smart Car! :rolleyes:

I got a lot of cheers doing burnouts near the end of the parade, and I even tossed a couple of "BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR" DVDs out to the crowd.

Next year, I will have to bring candy - most of the kids seemed to think it was a Trick-or-Treat day.

You can read the whole posting on my Blog.

-Ben

Very cool.

Just keep on keeping on bennelson.

No one cares what the fuss was about in 1776 and few care today about the ancient fuss or the new now.

Um, because I am who I am I do need to mention that some of the American Renewable Electricity is created by foreign oil. I am sure you are aware of that and the other problems inherent with electric cars involving moving the carbon footprint elsewhere.

Having said that, happy Independence day and nice job.

Well done Ben! You are leading the way in reaching out to the average Joe.

bennelson -

Very cool. It would be cool to co-opt July 4th with an energy-independence message. I think a tongue-in-cheek re-write of the Star Spangled Banner is in order.

CarloSW2