Archive - Feb 6, 2008

In an interview with Time Magazine, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued praise for ZAP's joint venture to build electric and hybrid vehicles with Youngman Automotive in China. "I was in China recently. I talked to Youngman manufacturing, one of the largest manufacturers in China," Schwarzenegger told Time. "They're going to build a plant here. They're going to build cars here that are all electric. ZAP cars. It's unbelievable. It's all electric. You come home at night and plug it in... This state is booming when it comes to research and development of green technology." Read the entire interview at the URL below: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1698594,00.html

You can help fight global warming. Former Vice President Al Gore shares the five things you can buy now that will help solve the climate crisis -- and put some money in your pocket! (as seen on Oprah) Five Things You Can Buy 1. Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs These energy-efficient bulbs cost less than $4 and are produced by major corporations like GE. If every household in America switched five regular light bulbs for five fluorescent bulbs, it would be the equivalent of taking 1 million cars off the highways for a full year. 2. Outdoor Solar Lighting These yard or patio lights cost less than $20, and they don't burn any electricity or produce any CO2. 3. Programmable Thermostats

A lot of people wonder if there will ever be an Electric SUV. If you're not already aware of it, ZAP has come out with an exciting, compact and affortable electric SUV. Might I add, it's also very cool in design. Below are the specs: * APX Light Weight Aluminum * Architecture Design * Electronic Braking System (EBS) * Rack and Pinion Steering * Solar Glass * Lithium Batteries (Bio-degradable Non-Explosive) * Power Windows * Power Door Locks * Power Steering * GPS * On Board Carputer with Full Entertainment System * Dimensions * Length: 15 4 (4697 mm) * Width: 6 8 (1852 mm) * Wheel base: 8 9 (2700 mm) * Track: Front 5 1(1554 mm) * Rear 5 1(1556 mm) For more information and to reserve your ZAP-X SUV go to:

What do we know for sure? We now know for a fact that CO2 levels are rising and that human activity is the cause. How Do we know this? Simple math. Let's start with the year 1750, generally accepted as the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when the standard measure for CO2 levels was 278ppmv. We'll begin then, add the known level of human-generated CO2 for that year, then subtract 2.84% of the excess CO2 – because that's how fast nature tries to restore the balance. If we do this for 255 years, up to 2005, we get the blue line in the graph below. It fits the black line – the actual CO2 level – like a glove. How accurate is this fit?