Plastic Bags, Green Streets, electric cars and such...

This week is Green Streets and we are asking people to think bout reducing their use of fossil fuel all week and stand and be counted on FRIDAY. Today we learned that burning one gallon of gas adds 19 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere (yes, 19 pounds !) - we hope to do a short skit and rap at the assembly.

(from the movie, >Who Killed the Electric Car? )

TRUE or FALSE:
1. 100 years ago there were more electric cars than gasoline cars.

2. In 1997 Tom Hanks, actor and activist said GM Electric Vehicle was fully electric but unsafe and expensive to run.

3. In 1996, the GM CEO Roger Smith was totally against building an electric vehicle.

4. In 1990 the State of California issued a 25% emission reduction mandate.

5. In the late 90s, imitating the GM Impact, 5 large car companies brought out models of fully electric cars.


Plastic bag links...
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