Here is a great story to take us into the weekend:
The newly elected Democratic Representative from New York’s 29th District, Eric Massa, found out that it’s not easy going green.
Massa apparently made a fuel of himself (pun intended) and of those that elected him. And the amusing thing is he did it on the way to his swearing in ceremony!
No waiting to actually take office for Massa. No, this man thinks BIG!
Massa had to be in the nation's capital Tuesday for his swearing in as a new Congressman.
He drove the new General Motors Equinox prototype car to draw attention to the technology, some of which is being developed in his district.
The problem is the car can’t go more than 150 to 200 miles without a refill. The trip from Corning to Washington, D.C. is 282 miles and there are no hydrogen refilling stations along the way.
However, Massa was smart enough to figure that out and had a second GM hydrogen fuel cell vehicle waiting for him in Harrisburg to take him the rest of the way to Washington where he would arrive triumphantly.
It was supposed to be a feel good move to garner the new Congressman some face time on TV and the golly-gee-wows of the country.
Then reality came a’knockin.
So, what became of the two cars? Well, actually it took four cars to pull off the stunt.
The two Chevy Equinox fuel cell cars were towed back to the starting point by two Chevy Tahoe SUV’s.
Yup, it took four vehicles to pull off the stunt that brought a new Democratic Congressman to Washington to be sworn in.
Nancy Pelosi must be proud. But how proud are the voters back in New York’s 29th District?
Maybe Pelosi will loan him her personal jet next time.
Link here and here.
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