Comments on: Review: Who killed the Electric Car? http://zone5.org/2007/01/review-who-killed-the-electric-car/ ...on the edge between Nature and Culture Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Taylor http://zone5.org/2007/01/review-who-killed-the-electric-car/comment-page-1/#comment-14652 David Taylor Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:07:03 +0000 http://zone5.org/2007/01/01/review-who-killed-the-electric-car/#comment-14652 <p>Decent review! When I watched the DVD, I was astonished at how the information fell into place, and many of my suspicions of past years were validated. Over the decades, I have done much of the proverbial "screaming in the wilderness" about virtually every issue addressed in the DVD, but my rantings have usually fallen on deaf ears. It is good to know I am not alone in my passion. The diminishing returns argument is one that we must ask ourselves, about any major change that might impact a large segment of our populace. I respect that, but keep a determined eye on the big picture. The American lust for independence and individualism...and thus the need for individual vehicles... needs to change. I'm afraid that the dream of Western capitalist society has led to an addiction to acquire and amass vast amounts of STUFF; we stuff our calendars with stuff to get done; stuff our homes with throw-away single-use convenience stuff or stuff that stuffs the wallets of conscienceless marketers with cash by pedaling planned obsalescence; the media stuffs our brains with slick psychologically loaded noise; the garbage dumps are stuffed and heaped to the stars with stuff that is as useless and polluted as the stuff we cram into our heads; and we must never slow down because the pain of "coming to the quiet" is more than many of us can bear. So, we stuff!</p> <p>We need to simplify, ponder, examine our own habits, sacrifice, admit our own parts of the problem, take our own inventories, organize, go against the flow, make the "powers-that-be" very uncomfortable, and think positively and creatively. We need to unite and not become frozen by the enormity of the faceless puppeteers that thrive on manipulating mass mentality out of individual minds, as if people are sheep. Personally, I'd like to see so many people get behind the independent companies that produce reasonably priced EVs, that Ford and GM and Toyota can take the major dive they deserve and power will come to those who have the best interests of our environment and values and dignity in mind.</p> Decent review! When I watched the DVD, I was astonished at how the information fell into place, and many of my suspicions of past years were validated. Over the decades, I have done much of the proverbial “screaming in the wilderness” about virtually every issue addressed in the DVD, but my rantings have usually fallen on deaf ears. It is good to know I am not alone in my passion. The diminishing returns argument is one that we must ask ourselves, about any major change that might impact a large segment of our populace. I respect that, but keep a determined eye on the big picture. The American lust for independence and individualism…and thus the need for individual vehicles… needs to change. I’m afraid that the dream of Western capitalist society has led to an addiction to acquire and amass vast amounts of STUFF; we stuff our calendars with stuff to get done; stuff our homes with throw-away single-use convenience stuff or stuff that stuffs the wallets of conscienceless marketers with cash by pedaling planned obsalescence; the media stuffs our brains with slick psychologically loaded noise; the garbage dumps are stuffed and heaped to the stars with stuff that is as useless and polluted as the stuff we cram into our heads; and we must never slow down because the pain of “coming to the quiet” is more than many of us can bear. So, we stuff!

We need to simplify, ponder, examine our own habits, sacrifice, admit our own parts of the problem, take our own inventories, organize, go against the flow, make the “powers-that-be” very uncomfortable, and think positively and creatively. We need to unite and not become frozen by the enormity of the faceless puppeteers that thrive on manipulating mass mentality out of individual minds, as if people are sheep. Personally, I’d like to see so many people get behind the independent companies that produce reasonably priced EVs, that Ford and GM and Toyota can take the major dive they deserve and power will come to those who have the best interests of our environment and values and dignity in mind.

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