| the first family of fuel cells takes the baby for a ride...... |
[Dec. 5th, 2005|09:22 am] |
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sometimes it pays to be polite to those pesky telemarketers
The big news out of LA's Daily Breeze is about Jon Spallino and his family's new car. Mr. Spallino, from Redondo Beach, is the first non-industry related person in the world to lease a fuel cell car (pictured above). He's the proud driver of a Honda FCX. Lucky guy! "We wanted a regular guy with a family," said Stephen Ellis, Honda manager for fuel cell marketing. And they found that in Spallino. Well he isn't exactly a "regular family guy" Jon's been driving a Honda CX (runs on natural gas) and that made the HOnda team feel he was ready to deal with some added issues (like, where would you fill up a fuel cell car if i dropped it into your driveway this afternoon? where huh?). Also, from the following quote we can see that Mr. Spallino is pretty calm and well tempered:
A few months before leasing the FCX, Ellis called Spallino to ask him about his impressions of the GX. The survey lasted about half an hour. A few weeks later, Ellis called again and asked Spallino more questions about the GX. Ellis called one more time. Ellis asked to meet Spallino for lunch. At that point, Spallino had had enough. "I thought it was some sort of survey-extreme and I was ready to put an end to it," Spallino recalled. But Spallino agreed to meet at a restaurant, where Ellis and another Honda official offered to lease the FCX to him for $500 a month.
Wow. pays to be nice to the telemarketers! (well maybe sometimes) |
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| ...those crazy Hippies in the Bay Area |
[Nov. 22nd, 2005|08:12 am] |
The greenest museum ever to open in San Francisco!
They've talked about it for years (at least 3 now) and have touted that architectural genius Renzo Piano will be handling all designs (he did these nifty little pictures). And now, according to KESQ, they finally broke ground! Woop woooop! Say hello to the new Claifornia Academy of Sciences (No, not the academy of arts & sciences, though I would like to thank the academy, my parents....). It was going to cost $220M but they actually raised $392M. Nestled on the edge of the lush Golden Gate park (at the end of Haight street) the design is quite unique...
the roof (green of course) is designed with waves and peaks to mimic Frisco's hilly topography, and similarly to appear as if a green extension of the park.
pretty, huh? And of course there is going to be SolarPV and many many other forms of alternative energy and efficiencies!
The roof, apparently is going to be a home to nearly "two million" native species. And one of the biggie attractions is going to be a 90 meter tall "Rainforest Dome." Opens in 2008. I can't wait. |
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