How cool is this?

I just found it on a friend's page on Facebook.

 

 

Some stats on it:

 

1,800 MPG

Total weight 150 lbs

Load capacity 350 lbs

Electric motor 750 watt

Electric power 20 mph

Electric range 14+ miles

Charge via outlet 1 1/2 hours

Charge via sunlight~ 7 hours

 

And made in the USA.

 

Links: 

 

http://www.organictransit.com/

 

http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu · Dec 16, 2013
Dean of Duke's Nicholas School

 

http://www.greatfallstribune.com · December 16, 2013
Montana...thinking ahead.

http://www.betterworldclub.com/ · Dec. 16, 2013
Free 24/7 roadside assistance

Top 10 Stories on the World's Ecology from 2012

Because it needs to be both said and remembered so hopefully we learn:

10 Most Popular Stories of 2012 – EcoWatch

10. Fracking—A Bad Bet for the Environment and Economy

 9. Tests Find Toxics in Broad Array of Consumer Products

 8. Cincinnati Passes Resolution Requiring GE Food Labeling

 7. BP Covered Up Blow-out Two Years Prior to Deadly Deepwater Horizon Spill

 6. Tell Congress to Expedite Renewable Energy

 5. Ohio Governor Halts Four More Fracking Wastewater Injection Wells After Yesterday’s Quake

 4. Hawaii Becomes First State in the U.S. to Ban Plastic Bags

 3. Analysts Conclude Fracking Wastewater Poses Substantial Risk to Drinking Water

 2. Mining Companies Invade Wisconsin for Frac-Sand

 1. Stomach Contents of Seabirds Show that Marine Plastic Pollution Is out of Control

The fact is, we humans, across the planet, need to recognize that the ways we live now are absolutely not sustainable.  We need to change and change big and as soon as possible, all of us.

Quote of the day

"Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the better in the sphere of our being as humans, and the catastrophe for which the world is headed — be it ecological, social, demographic, or a general breakdown of civilization — will be unavoidable." --Czecholslavakian President Vaclav Havel, 1990 to U.S. Congress Link:

2 Contentions

I have 2 contentions about this planet and humankind that I believe are unequivocal in their truth:

The first is that the most devastating and negtive influence on the planet to the same planet Earth is man or humankind.

The second is that the most negative influence on the planet, its ecosystem and balance and because of this, our own situation, is the monopolization of land and so, wealth.