Anyone have a link to those high school kids that build a hybrid?

[Javaman]

It was an inner city school. they had build a high performance hybrid.

[harlinchi]

1. They are from Philly! Here's an Inquirer link.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/education/13796737.htm

[sinkingfeeling]

2. CBS News had a piece on it. It might be in their video files.

Here's the link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/17/eveningnews/main1329941.shtml

[phantom power]

3. Link to original E/E post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=115&topic_id=49584

[seemunkee]

4. Here

Their home page
http://www.penn-partners.org/evteam/attack.htm

Article at treehugger
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/09/philadelphia_hi.php

[Javaman]

5. Thank you Mucho!!!! nt

[EVDebs]

6. Biodiesel. Also, check out what a Rwandan prison is doing !

""The students altered the frame to accommodate a 200-horsepower electric motor under the front hood. An upgraded 150-horsepower, turbocharged Volkswagen diesel engine occupies what would be the trunk on most cars.

To comply with Tour de Sol rules, the engine runs on "biodiesel" fuel: It's biodegradable and nontoxic, and has significantly lower emissions than petroleum-based diesel when burned.

The Attack's soybean-based biodiesel was made by students and Hauger in their West Philadelphia garage, Hauger said.""-- from the Philly Inquirer link in original posting above

Now, combine that story for your car with this for your home :

Rwanda award for 'sewage' cooking
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4639363.stm

""A Rwandan prison project, which reduces cooking fuel bills by using methane gas from inmates' toilet waste, has won a global environment award.""

This low-tech use of what would normally go to waste (literally) could be a propane LP conserver/alternative. LP is made from petroleum, so "doing" this would lessen dependence worldwide upon oil to a vast extent.

I note that Lester Brown's Plan B 2.0 book shows conclusively that the Chinese and Indians, let alone the US, cannot sustain a US-style throwaway automobile-centered economy. It would only last until around 2031 if that. Alternatives and conservation are now NECESSITIES.

Oh, and I just found this link at DU showing biodiesel is cheaper than fossil fuel now
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1091177

[papau]

7. What is the German production car coming out with 100+ mpg?

I heard this on the radio while driving but I missed the makers name.

It hits the US 2 years after it hits the EU - perhaps 2009.