This post sorta just wrote itself.
A hydrogen fuel cell car driven by U.S. Rep. Eric Massa to Washington, D.C. on Monday didn’t actually get him all the way there.
Massa had to be in the nation’s capital Tuesday for his swearing in as the 29th Congressional District’s new representative. He drove the General Motors Equinox prototype car to draw attention to the technology, some of which is being developed in the district.
The problem is the car can go about 150 to 200 miles without a refill, and the trip from Corning to Washington, D.C. is 282 miles. And there are no hydrogen refilling stations along the way.
As a result, Massa had to switch to another GM hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that was standing by in Harrisburg.
After the trip, both cars were towed back to their original locations by two Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid SUVs.
The need to make the switch was also part of the effort to promote the more environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel cell cars, said Massa spokesman Jared Smith.
My forehead bears a faint QWERTY tattoo now, but, you know, backwards.
(Hat tip: Famous DC)
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
I have a plan! Buy four or five of these things then place them strategically throughout the country just in case you have to travel more than 100 miles or so. Sure it’ll cost you about $150,000 in vehicles, but imagine the gas you’ll save!
Who knew you didn’t have to belong to MENSA to run for political office? If you were you’d know 282 is a much BIGGER number than 150.
Well, I suppose this is environmentally sound if you like to be have your cars towed back home *anyway*…
My hand just connected with my face…
Oh boy, this is lame…
*snort*
These are the people who claim to represent us. Unbelievable.
I have officially lost all faith in human intelligence.
Damn. No words for this idiocy. Just no words.
This is what the government is telling the car companies that American people want. Vehicles that can’t go from New York to DC.
Bless you Rocko.
You just saved me a rant.
Smoooootch!
You do know, Holly, that if you used the more energy-efficient Dvorak keyboard you’d impress your eco-friends more (you do have some, don’t you?), and enemies alike, by having a faint ‘ , . P Y F on your forehead (backwards, of course) instead of that carbon-adding Q W E R T Y. GWTP
Chronic said it all.
I feel the need to assert here that not everyone in upstate New York is this stupid.
Les Paul, you win for mentioning Dvorak.
I . . . I just can’t think of anything. “Green” is officially a codeword for “retarded.” No, wait, I take it back–even a retarded person would be able to spot the problem in that logic. I don’t want to insult them. What’s a stronger word for “mentally incapable”?
I just talked with a friend over at GM. Apparently they’re not too happy with Mr. Massa’s theatrics.
Especially considering Massa did this in the middle of our International Auto Show week, when all news stories are manditorily chock-full of sunshine and daisies.
So if anyone you know has ever thought about a seat in the House, a certain car company might be willing to back your run for NY-26 in 2010… any takers?
Habanada, I think that the stronger word for mentally incapable you are looking for is simply…green.
MC, are you upstate?
Don’t these bufoons realize how much energy it takes to make hydrogen? Hint: the eco-faeries don’t make it magically appear in the middle of the night. You need a lot of electricity to unbond hydrogen from oxygen, and at that I’m sure the next rotating complaint by these lit-majors-turned-”engineers” is that we’re depriving their “sea kittens” of their H2O.
ROTFLOL! Nothing says “buy this car” or “this car is the wave of the future” by seeing it on the back of a tow truck.
People who go with these vehicles will have to use the technology of the Pony Express days. Drive from origin to a GM dealership enroute, where you switch to a fresh vehicle and continue to the next GM dealership and switch to a fresh vehicle, etc., until you reach your destination.
Or maybe he should have hitched on a trailer with a supply of fuel so he can refuel his car along the way? Or maybe use military technology for a supply truck to pull up along hide his car on the highway and do a mid-trip refueling?
“Or maybe he should have hitched on a trailer with a supply of fuel so he can refuel his car along the way?”
Because the only thing missing from the Massa Show was a reenactment of the Hindenburg
Hey Kids!
If you live in LA, NYC, or the greater DC area, you too can tow around a piece of the future!
http://www.chevrolet.com/fuelcell/articles/index.jsp?id=1
Aww shucks Minnow.