Tuesday, August 8, 2006 | Video killed... Dear Eric: I JUST got back from seeing the movie Who Killed the Electric Car? -- an independent film that is currently enjoying limited national release in the U.S. Then I came home and saw your essay [Silk and Stone, below]. I figured it was my duty to make sure you knew about the film and what it might do for America. I could write pages, but I'll try to keep it short. The film made me so unexpectedly angry. I assumed the government and the oil industry were suppressing existing technologies to make money. I didn't know that the technology was already so successfully implemented at the consumer level by GM, then killed and shredded hoping the public wouldn't notice! The film not only made me angry, it made my mom angry. My mother, the 53 year old conservative Midwestern Christian who voted for bush twice and still defends him! I think the real magic with this issue and this film is that it's opening the door for people who believe their government would never lie to them to question, see things differently, and take action. The idea of letting consumers buy a formerly available and currently highly desirable product is such a non issue.  If the government doesn't respond people will get angry. Gas prices always make people angry. With the availability of electric cars and solar energy, as one of the talking heads in the doc said, it's as if the government and oil companies are going to war with the sun.   Check out the site: http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com I recommend the timeline. Sally --------- PS, Even Better than the Electric Car This one runs on AIR! http://www.theaircar.com/ And it looks like a Cooper Mini, with larger versions, too. AIR. Best wishes, Joy Shayne Laughter Seattle, WA --------- PPS, Even better than the Air Car! The trolley car! You people are NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS but right near my house there are these trolley cars rolling around that look they rolled out of 27th century sci-fi. They are like normal cars but bigger, they hold SEVERAL PEOPLE AT ONCE, like, even 50 at a time! And they're electric! And quiet! Can you believe it? They roll on tracks, and they don't go right to your house and you can't park them exactly inside -- but they get you pretty close. Here is a good film title: WHO KILLED THE TROLLEY CAR?? (in the United States and Canada, and suburban light rail, too). Send your reply to francis@planetwaves.net with subject header: trolley car.