[SDCBC] Auto Show at Convention Ctr?

[Danette Hoffert]

There are some electric cars and non-gas guzzling concept cars at the show,
so it is not all gas-guzzlers.

I have attended the show some years and I 1. ride my bike 3-4 x more miles
per year than my car (my insurance company did not believe my mileage report
so I showed them the receipts for two consecutive smog checks, I digress)
2. If we lived in a world with no cars I would be ecstatic.

I liked the following bike jersey ( a guy from Arizona's "commuter jersey")
Gas Sucks Ride A Bike (back)
Front (fueled by chocolate)
Sleeve (one less car on the road)
Other sleeve (one more parking spot for you)
maybe somewhere else (one less war for US)

Danette




On Dec 26, 2007 3:12 PM, Norm Olson <normolson at san.rr.com> wrote:

>  I decided to chime in here.  There is no way we are going to convince the
> Hummer crowd that sheer, power is not the way to go.  They are already
> tuning out the green message by buying  one of those monstrosities.
> Picketing is just going to make the bicycle crowd look like fanatics and
> maybe even targets on the road.  My own personal favorite of getting rid of
> massive gas guzzlers is by bringing back the gas guzzler tax, obviously
> something that is not going to happen with this administration.  I got a
> discount coupon recently for the auto show.  With a grunt of disgust I put
> it in my recycling bin.
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> Norm
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> *From:* sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org [mailto:
> sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org] *On Behalf Of *John Eldon
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 26, 2007 2:57 PM
> *To:* Neil Brooks; sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
> *Subject:* Re: [SDCBC] Auto Show at Convention Ctr?
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> This reminds me of my college days in Los Angeles. Sometime in the early
> 1970s a group of us bicyclists staged a non-picketing demonstration in front
> of the Auto Show, which was being held in the old Pan Pacific Auditorium,
> with its art deco facade which had been inspired by E L Cord's cars of the
> 1930s. We boasted about our economical, eco-friendly mode of transportation,
> then left for a big bike ride.
>
> I am planning to attend the Auto Show on Friday morning, if anyone wants
> to meet there.
>
> > Anyone got an idea for how to point out to the auto show attendees
> > that the over-use of over-powered petroleum guzzlers isn't "cool"?
> >
> > I'm not exactly "up" for picketing...
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