Who Killed the Electric Car? - Wild Texas Forums: Parks, Travel & Recreation

Shannon · 06-25-2006, 10:29 PM

Just as the documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? is coming to theatres, and the general public is poised to learn about the EV1 and its premature demise, the Smithsonian has opted to remove the EV1 from display with no plans to exhibit it in the future.

Source: Smithsonian Removes Electric-Car Exhibit (AP)

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The above decision ties back to a quote Al Gore uses in his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth:

Quote:

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
-- Upton Sinclair

Apparently, even the venerable Smithsonian would rather hide history than confront it, if said history makes a financial supporter uneasy. This is the "uncomfortable truth" that is part and parcel of our problems accepting and addressing the inconvenient truth of global warming and related issues.

BigBendHiker · 06-26-2006, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Shannon

Just as the documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? is coming to theatres, and the general public is poised to learn about the EV1 and its premature demise, the Smithsonian has opted to remove the EV1 from display with no plans to exhibit it in the future.

Source: Smithsonian Removes Electric-Car Exhibit (AP)

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The above decision ties back to a quote Al Gore uses in his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth:
Apparently, even the venerable Smithsonian would rather hide history than confront it, if said history makes a financial supporter uneasy. This is the "uncomfortable truth" that is part and parcel of our problems accepting and addressing the inconvenient truth of global warming and related issues.

Shannon...your comments are right on and well said....

BBH

CyberCelt · 07-02-2006, 06:39 PM

The EV1 were leased by GM in California when a certain amount of cars had to be minimum emission. Two years later they recalled them and crushed every car.

In the face of reduced or no funding, the Smithsonian cannot afford to allienate their major donars, which are oil companies and American car manufacturers.

Take the issue to the big guys, the little players are just pawns.

Shannon · 07-02-2006, 10:21 PM

It's not a matter of reduced or no funding, though. The Smithsonian Institution and its dozens of various museums are the big guys. That's kind of the point.