tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567859015477147199.post5877599354804958357..comments2024-02-19T00:33:18.098-08:00Comments on Plugs and Cars: Tell Toyota to Get With the Program!Marc Gellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10713605804380494009noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567859015477147199.post-39723012267188981942007-07-02T11:51:00.000-07:002007-07-02T11:51:00.000-07:00Marc, Marc, Marc. When are you going to start publ...Marc, Marc, Marc. When are you going to start publicizing, LOUDLY, the fact that Toyota CAN'T get larger NiMH because of Chevron's monopoly of the patent? Same is true for GM, Ford, Honda and all the others who have produced very practical and desirable EVs. <BR/>I recently sent letters to more than a dozen politicians regarding this monopoly and, of course, received zero response. I'm now in the process of sending similar letters to every newspaper and magazine columnist I can find. We need to make a lot of noise about the fact that an oil company is blocking the path to the electrification of automobiles. Chris Paine touched briefly on the issue in WKTEC but that segment goes by so quickly as to be hardly noticable. Perhaps Chris might undertake another project, a film exposing the Chevron monopoly and the damage they are doing to the environment and our budget (huge military costs for secure cheap oil). <BR/>There are plenty of vehicles around with NiMH batteres, all built before the end of 2002 and all of them still operating to the satisfaction of their owners.<BR/>Other than this issue, you're doing a great job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com