2-21-07 - I'D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A BULB

Big news from down under that will hopefully have ramifications all over the world; in a world first, Australia has announced plans to officially phase-out incandescent bulbs nationwide by 2010, in favor of CFL's. For details on the plan, read this article from the Sydney Morning Herald. My question is, can we enact something like this here in KC? Forget getting the current administration to agree to do anything like this, I wonder if such a change could be enacted on a more localized level? I'd be all for it, what about you? Way to go Aussies. Here's hoping the rest of us follow your lead.

I'm very excited to have discovered the Mid-America Electric Auto Association and added them to our list of local links. The EAA is a national organization or electric car owners and enthusiasts, but the Mid-America chapter is seated right here in Kansas City! Meetings are the second Sunday of every month at the Waldo branch of the public library. If you own an electric car or are interested in finding out more about them in a local way, visit the chapter's homepage, or better yet sign up for their Yahoo! group.

That's all for now. Be seein' ya.