Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Plug-In Hybrids & Cohousing: Talk w/author Sherry Boschert (Pleasant Hill, CA, 9/13 Mon eve)

[Jerome Garciano (jlgebox-04]

For those interested in a listing of state and federal tax incentives for
alternative fuel charging stations and other renewable projects, email me at
the address below and I can send you a PDF outline I've developed.

Jerome

 *Jerome L. Garciano, Esq.*
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On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Raines Cohen <rc3-coho-L [at] raines.com> wrote:

>
> Hybrid cars and cohousing neighborhoods go together like ducks in a
> pond - it's a natural environment for them to flourish in. The same
> progressive instincts that lead to co-creating cooperative communities
> -- values found in Cultural Creatives and Lifestyles of Health and
> Sustainability(LOHAS) consumers -- lead cohousers to become early
> adopters of innovative technologies that help them minimize their
> environmental impacts on the road, as well as at home. In many
> California Cohousing neighborhoods you will already find a significant
> percentage of vehicles that are hybrids of various flavors, as well as
> the solar panels that could help power them if they convert existing
> hybrids to plug-in hybrids.
>
> With the Nissan Leaf soon to be released, and various tax credits
> available this year for installing solar charging stations, some
> California cohousing neighborhoods are considering adding panels or
> expanding existing systems, adding charging stations and other
> infrastructure and social systems that support further conversion.
>
> Several area cohousers will host a talk exploring this nexus next
> Monday with special guest Sherry Boschert, author of "Plug-In Hybrids,
> The Cars that will Recharge America." (read more about the book and
> Sherry further down on this page)
>
> This timely discussion will be held at Pleasant Hill cohousing (PHCH),
> the easternmost (and most suburban/"classic" model) cohousing
> neighborhood in the East Bay (and the only one with a pool).
>
> Note: This event is NOT a tour. Please don't disturb the other
> neighbors in the community or park in their lot - please use the
> unpaved lot by the bike trail, just before the PHCH entry, or bike
> (just a mile from BART) or use buses. PHCH offers open houses/tours
> every month, on the first Sunday; register via the EBCOHO MeetUp group
> for the next one October 3rd.
>
> RSVP here (free East Bay Cohousing membership/MeetUp registration
> required):
> http://www.ebcoho.org/calendar/14685548/
> ________________________________
> Other upcoming East Bay Cohousing events:
>
> 9/9 Thurs PM: Rethinking Home - Brown-Bag lunch w/Sustainable Economy
> Law Center (Berkeley)
> 9/11 Sat PM: Congregate Housing and other models for community living
> (Berkeley)
> 9/12 Sun AM: First-ever Solano Stroll EBCOHO PARADE FLOAT (Berkeley/Albany)
> 9/18 Sat AM: Intro to Art of Group Facilitation for Cooperative Living
> (Berkeley)
> 9/19 Sun AM: EBCOHO Orientation & intro to cohousing (Berkeley)
> 9/19 Sun PM: Picnic at potential instant-cohousing site (Pacifica)
> 9/27 Mon PM: Focus Group for first senior cohousing in Bay Area (TBD)
> 9/29 Wed eve: Tales from the Trenches: community founders speak out
> (Berkeley)
> 10/1 Fri PM: Cohousing & Coworking presence at Art Murmur (Oakland)
> 10/3 Sun PM: Pleasant Hill Cohousing monthly tour/open house
> 10/3 Sun eve: Cooperative Housing Film Festival (Berkeley)
> 10/30 Sat: Sacramento/Davis cohousing bus tour (Oakland)
>
> Learn more about all these and RSVP via the EBCOHO calendar
> http://www.ebcoho.org/calendar/
> ________________________________
> Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America
> (New Society Publishers, 2006)
>
> A politically polarized America is coming together over a new kind of
> car - the plug-in hybrid - that will save drivers money, reduce
> pollution, and increase national security by reducing dependence on
> imported oil.
>
> Plug-in Hybrids points out that, whereas hydrogen fuel-cell cars won't
> be ready for decades, the technology and infrastructure for plug-in
> hybrids exist today. Unlike conventional hybrid cars, which can't run
> without gasoline, plug-in hybrids use gasoline or cheaper, cleaner,
> domestic electricity - or both.
> ________________________________
> About Sherry Boschert, in her own words
>
> I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles in the era of the worst air
> pollution – the 1960s. On the few days each year when storms washed
> away the thick yellow haze, the startling sight of glorious mountains
> ringing the L.A. basin reminded me that the toxic soup we lived in was
> not normal. I knew that car exhaust caused most of this pollution, but
> living in L.A. also meant living the car culture, and enjoying the
> freedom and mobility that cars provided.
>
> The counterculture trends of the 1960s and ’70s taught me to question
> the status quo. The first Earth Day, the environmental movement, the
> peace movement -- these helped shape who I am. I became interested in
> journalism as a way to make a difference in the world, fueled by the
> Watergate scandal and expose. (President Richard Nixon resigned on my
> 18th birthday. I gained the right to vote and lost a corrupt president
> on the same day!)
>
> In my life and my work I seek out truth, justice, and a healthy,
> balanced way of life for both myself and the planet. “Think globally,
> act locally” is not just a slogan to me. These principles have taken
> me on a variety of paths, the most recent one being a journey toward
> clean, sustainable cars.
>
> When my partner and I installed solar photovoltaic panels on our home
> in 1998 to lighten our footprint on the planet, I began longing for an
> electric car. This seemed the next logical step to reduce pollution
> and greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, the major automakers were
> beginning to lease electric cars in response to the California Zero
> Emission Vehicle Mandate. Driving our leased Ford Th!nkCity and making
> electricity with our solar panels was like driving a car that ran on
> sunshine. The U.S. already had fought one war over oil (Gulf War I),
> and we wanted as little to do with oil as possible.
>
> Three years later, a lawsuit by the car companies eviscerated the
> Mandate, and Ford (like all the other automakers) demanded the return
> of leased electric cars, to be destroyed. They refused to sell them.
> Instead they crushed them. This outrageous demand spurred me to become
> active in the movements toward clean transportation and clean,
> sustainable energy.
>
> Meanwhile, conflicts related to oil supplies generated terrorist
> attacks and another U.S. war in the Middle East. The evidence for
> global warming became overwhelming. Yet car companies keep feeding us
> only gasoline cars. Even conventional hybrids, while an improvement,
> cannot run without gasoline.
>
> It’s clear to me that we already have at hand the technology to
> produce a new kind of car that will greatly reduce pollution, wean us
> off our dependence on oil, and please American consumers – the plug-in
> hybrid. Its success depends on your actions, and mine. Find out more
> in my book, Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America.
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