Re: Solar

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Mon, 2 Aug 93 09:44:10 +0000

>John, (sorry if this is a little off-topic), but on the subject of Mokes,
>are solar-powered cars used in OZ? Solar anything? How about hydrogen or
>other non-gas powered vehicles? ...Things we should have Arizona!
>-Michael

Well, there is an annual (?) race for solar powered vehicles here, but not
actually any everyday solar vehicles. We do have solar hotwater services,
outback solar-powered phone boxes, and solar-powered navigation lighting (for
shipping) though. I did see a wind-powered "car" once (sort of a modified
land yacht) driven by a couple of "hippies". I think they were coming back
from a protest at one of the American bases in central Oz somewhere...

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