What is that strange vehicle resembling a three-wheeled motorcycle side car cutting across Pennsylvania Avenue, I thought as I turned to chase it down 7th street. A driver shared my excitement and honked at the low-riding bike pod as it passed through the intersection towards Eastern Market.
"What do you call this thing," I asked. Turns out, it was a hybrid-electric assist cycle ridden all the way from Colorado by Tom Weis, the President of Climate Crisis Solutions. He's friendly guy on a mission to promote renewable energy and demand that our country is powered by 100% renewable energy by 2020.
These statements come from Tom's Climate Crisis Solutions website where he describes the rationale for his journey.
"I believe 2010 is the critical year for America to set the agenda for the coming decade in response to the ever-worsening global climate crisis, and I am committed to taking action. On September 12, 2010, I am biking from Boulder, CO to Washington, DC, calling for a 100% renewable electricity grid for the U.S. by 2020. I will be pedaling roughly 2,500 miles over the course of eight weeks on a hybrid electric-assist recumbent trike.
My intention is to launch a new national conversation around America's energy and climate policies, while building grassroots support for this revolutionary green energy paradigm shift. This is about everyday Americans "taking back our power" by demanding a green industrial revolution that will put unemployed Americans back to work, reestablish our role as world economic leader, and help ensure future generations a livable planet."
For some more "why!?" behind such a long journey through the cold, check out http://rideforrenewables.org/ and click here to sign Tom's petition for a 100% Green Grid by 2020.
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