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To: LindyBill who wrote (278724)	1/13/2009 10:58:10 PM
From: TimF	4 Recommendations Respond to of 793897

No, I Meant To Do That Monday, January 12th, 2009 Recently-elected Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) recently conducted an odd stunt to promote some electric car technology apparently being developed in his district. He wanted to drive an electric car from his district to his swearing-in at the Capitol in D.C. Problem is, the distance between those two points is out of Massa’s range. So here’s what he did: Massa drove one fuel cell car while a hybrid SUV towing an additional SUV followed along. Once he got half way, he switched to new fuel cell car. The empty fuel cell was then towed back by the first SUV. As he continued on his journey, the second SUV followed. Once Massa arrived in DC, the second SUV then towed the second fuel cell car back to NY. So Massa wasted several times the amount of energy he needed for 300-mile trip . . . in order to make a point about the importance of conservation and alternative energy. I predict Rep. Massa will find quite a bit of success in his career as a congressman. theagitator.com