Photo: Little car, little kids, at Dream Machines

posted by Victoria Cormack on Apr 28, 2008 at 07:13 pm in  Events Click to email this story

Victoria Cormack
Little car, little kids, at Dream Machines

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Comment by Dennis Paull  on  Apr 29  at  1:27pm  •  All my comments • 

The kids are cute and so is the car, but the Sheriff’s Sparrow vehicle will only seat one adult. Unfortunately, the County hasn’t found a use for this high milage car except to show it at public events.

The Sparrow also appeared at the Eco-Energy Expo at HMB High School last September. So was a Plug-Prius, a much more functional and useful vehicle.

 
 
Comment by Kevin Barron  on  Apr 29  at  2:46pm  •  All my comments • 

So what do you do with the battery when it no longer holds a charge?

 
 
Comment by Dennis Paull  on  Apr 29  at  4:03pm  •  All my comments • 

I don’t recall what kind of battery a Sparrow uses. But most batteries suitable for automotive use are now being recycled.

The fact that is mostly missing from the major media is that petroleum supplies worldwide are slowly decreasing and demand is still increasing. That explains why prices are going up.

So what do you plan on using for your transportation energy supply when oil is too valuable as a chemical feedstock to use as fuel?

 
 

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