I’m sick, feverish and generally feeling like I need a vacation somewhere tropical and warm. So to cheer myself up I decided to put together a list of the fabu eco-electric-green-hybrid vehicles that are out there RIGHT NOW for you to check out.
I tried to avoid listing concept cars, because really people: we need this stuff off the drawing board and in our driveways YESTERDAY. No shilly. No shally. Just DO IT.
They are in no particular order or anything, I’m way too miserable for ordered coherence. I’m just saying stuff and posting links if I gottem. You decide which when its time for that new car. Ok.
Everybody going nuts over the Prius. So ok its a cool hybrid, but I’m getting tired of hearing about it. But that just means mo ppl driving em, so I’ll take the good with the bad. Also I’m Teh Grouch today so whatever. Also check out the Leaf (Leading Affordable Family Car) from Nissan and also the Volt from Chevrolet. I’m actually thinking that 100% electric is the way to go, so your hybrids better be able to do just that. Things can change must faster than we think, and if your car isn’t able to switcheroo from gas to electric them umm…
Or just forget that whole electric thing and go with an AIR CAR. Yep not a typo. How It Works. Cuuuuuuuuuuute as a basket full of kittens, neh??? Awwwww wookit!!
Not to be outdone with teh cuteness is the Zenn Car (Zero Emissions No Noise). You really can’t go wrong with all of THAT goin on! Check it out. And here I thought Canada was only good for white rappers, wierd bacon, and an extra Thanksgiving: who knew?? (Though on further research, it looks like the company isn’t going to actually make the vehicle, but instead “their focus is to capitalize on the ownership and rights to EEStor capacitor technology.”) OK whatEV. A good idea is a good idea.
Next we have one of my all-time favs: The Smart Car!!! Weeeee!! Soo cute and eco-micro-chic I must say. They are like-minded and had things all set up to be able to switcheroo without having to got thru any drama. NOICE!
aaaand…
For those of us who thought our (OMG I wanna drive a Lambo, Lotus, Testarossa) dreams were totally busted, because ok noWAY to do sporTAY and Eco-Chica at the same time: TESLA MOTORS to the rescue!! Purrrrr I’m so glad someone thought of us dreamers – smarties and airpods are cute and all but sometimes a Green Gurl just neeeeeeeeds those low-slung, sports car curves……
woo ok.
Had to take a moment.
(The Biscuit!!! 12 Brownie Points to whoever gets that reference lol!!)
Some Thoughts:
I know I tend to get (even more) depressed when I’m physically sick, but I’ve been wondering about some stuff. Ok so there are those nifty charging stations around, some at gas stations, some free standing, some at electric-only stations etc blah blah.
Now I’m thinking say 20-50 years ahead when we are the last people on the planet to have actually figured out that there is no more oil/gas etc. I’m living in a place where every damn building should have solar panels on the roof – I mean for 10 months out of the year the sun shines down HOT AS HELL – and you rarely see panels anywhere.
So now skip ahead and we are now in the middle of some serious Oh Crap We Shoulda Done Hookted Ourselves Up In The 90s Like They SAID: and our infrastructure is fragile if it exists at all. How Do you access the places to charge up your electric car? I like the Volt because you can do it at home. But then since we might not (seriously not at the rate we going now) even HAVE a grid, so that might not work either.
Maybe we have to get even smarter than the smart car and think of solar powered vehicles, take closer looks at bio-fuel and other ways to make things go. Didn’t we used to have steam powered thingies? Maybe the compressed air car needs closer scrutiny.
All I’m saying is that while choosing electric for our vehicles now, helps our environment, there WILL be much drama when things start to collapse. Where will we get our electricity FROM is what I’m saying. Like the lack of solar power harnessing, I don’t see many wind turbines around either.
Momma Earth Provides.
Sun
Wind
Water
Air
Plants
The wise species should be looking to work in harmony with nature not against it as we have been for way too long. Squandering when we should be sustaining, throwing away when we should be pre and recycling and renewing. And we look around all confused and perplexed when the bees vanish.
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”
That quote is usually attributed to Albert Einstein, but I care not who said it. Its happening now, actually. Again, I’m reminded of that Star Trek movie with the whale. Its been past Whale Time, people! its Bee Time and we are still not understanding what that actually means.
We’ve forgotten that EVERYTHING is connected. Bees, electric cars, acres and acres of corn we can’t eat, children’s laughter, crusades and jihads, lightbulbs with curly tubes.
The one thing I’ve accomplished with this post is that I actually feel better now. Despite my hot and cold chills and pwning the world record for most sneezes in a minute. Catch you on the flip side.
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