Let's go to the mailbag for our next blog article. Remember, if you need to talk to me, email eestorblog@gmail.com:
Reprinted with permission.
Dear EEStor Blogger:
I've been reading your blog for months now. It seems like we're entering a phase where there's not going to be much information coming out of EEStor or Zenn. This is going to impact my addiction to your website. Mr Blogger, what do you recommend I do until we receive some news positive or negative from Zenn Motor Copmany?
Sincerely,
Undisclosed Reader
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Dear Undisclosed Reader,
I am sorry to learn of your addiction to this website. Have you sought professional advise for this? I am not able to help in this regard other than to say there may be a few thousand like you. Perhaps you can find solace or a sympathetic soul in the Forums here? For example, maybe you could say hello to our newest user Mr. Ricardo Machado, CEO of Obvio Automotoveiculos of Brazil. Perhaps you could ask him to explain why he joined the website? It may be interesting to ask him if his company needs a bail out to convert to electric vehicles. Or maybe ask him if he is worried about the impact electric vehicles will have on the revenue his dealers make on repairing ICE-based vehicles because maybe that's a good reason not to migrate to electric...you know, keep everyone employed polluting the earth. Or...well, you get the point.
As for how to handle the quiet period that seems to be upon us, I wonder if it would make any sense for you to spend time going over past comments from Zenn Motor Company? In particular, I've been reflecting on the confidence found in the many words of Ian Clifford over the past couple years found in the various interviews. His confidence in EEStor delivering on their claims has always fascinated me. But also, I look for clues in what he has said about his business plan and executing against all the other aspects associated with running his business. After all, what good would EEStor technology be if everything else around it were not also in order?
Secondarily, I recommend spending some time obsessing about the impact that my favorite charity, www.nyumbani.org is having on the lives of orphans living with AIDS in Africa. If you've appreciated this website, I would ask you to support this charity generously. I met it's founder one time, Father D'Agostino, and it has had a lasting impact on me. It's certainly a worthy cause and an uncomplicated challenge to the humanity in all of us.
Best Regards,
B
"For example, maybe you could say hello to our newest user Mr. Ricardo Machado, CEO of Obvio Automotoveiculos of Brazil. Perhaps you could ask him to explain why he joined the website? It may be interesting to ask him if his company needs a bail out to convert to electric vehicles. Or maybe ask him if he is worried about the impact electric vehicles will have on the revenue his dealers make on repairing ICE-based vehicles because maybe that's a good reason not to migrate to electric...you know, keep everyone employed polluting the earth. Or...well, you get the point."
They're releasing an electric car B...
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/07/obvio_to_introd.html
Your post seems to have an accusing tone to it.
At least I get my daily dose of "Ta'day the day?" to mark time while we wait. :)
Generic, I'm just trying to think through the idea of bailing out our automakers. I haven't come to any strong conclusions yet but remain disappointed that we haven't already made major moves into electric vehicles. Smaller companies seem to be able to disentangle themselves from some of these issues... Amateur thinking on my part I guess.
The Big three are going to either go under or buy each other out and then go under. Either way there going under :(
Not happy with it, if they would have at least tried to compete with Japan, I would not be so ready for there demise.
Very noble cause, B. Do you have any indication of how much has been raised for Nymbani through your website?
B, that makes a lot more sense now. I re-read the part in questions a couple times, but couldn't look into it carefully because I was at work. It didn't occur to me that you were alluding to our situation in the US.
As for our situation, I think the big three dug their own grave and should be left to figure it out for themselves. If we truly love our "capitalism" as much as we claim (as opposed to socialism for example), we should let the natural laws of competition do their thing. I think auto workers should be held accountable for their fate too. If that sweet paying job seems to be good to be true....