A.M. Greenlist: Empty electric promises

>> California electric car company ZAP has been promising but failing to deliver green cars, leaving would-be ZAP car dealers financially ruined while making, according to Wired magazine . "[ZAP chair] Gary Starr and [CEO] Steve Schneider have likely done more damage to the EV industry than Detroit and the Japanese combined," [former ZAP employee] Scheder-Bieschin says. "And the failure of this industry to thrive has affected everything from global warming to the war on terror. How do you put a price on that?"

>> Global warming causes aggravated allergies -- which explains why I've been so sniffly lately. Live Science has the "Top 10 Surprising Results of Global Warming," which includes speedier satellites and growing mountains. (via Low Impact Living)

>> Organic onion rings taste best. LA Weekly's Pulitzer-prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold says eco-conscious restaurant Akasha serves "what are probably the best onion rings in town."

>> An interview with actor and enviro-activist Ed Begley, Jr. "You do those things that you can afford, the things that you can do, and then you build from there."

>> L.A. Times writer Elizabeth Douglass continues her greening efforts. Starting with nixing disposable bottled water, Douglass has now greened her office by plugging into a power strip and greened her bathroom by opting for eco-friendly cleaning products.

>> Dorsey High School students get into cleaning up the California least tern's nesting area in Marina del Rey, with a little help from the Audubon Society, which is trying "to spark interest in birding and the environment among young people in minority neighborhoods."

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Comments

[Alex Campbell]

Great, chuck ZAP under the bus, one of the only companies delivering an affordable, half-decent electric car today.

But there's hope for the media...
http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2008/03/24/news/top_story/7aaa01_zap.txt

Now who's hurting the EV industry.

~ Alex Campbell, ZAP