Showing posts with label Car batter contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Car batter contest. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

And the Winner of the Science Fair is . . .

Really Mac? If you haven't heard, the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain has proposed a contest with a $300,000 purse to whomever can come up with a car battery that out does current ones in price, power and size.

Oh lordy. I'll admit I have never been someone to wax poetic over Bill Nye the Science Guy or anything of that sort, but these seems just silly to me. What's next? A contest to see who can buy the most votes from the wealthy to be the leader of the free world. Oops, wait, we already have a winner to that contest . . .

I get that McCain is trying to siphon off the moderates who may be inclined to lean toward Obama. I guess he figures that his posturing to the religious right isn't working, so why not go after the moderate greenies. Good luck and God speed Mac, I think you are going to need more than a better battery to wins the hearts and minds of the nation's environmentalist.

NewsHour on PBS has a nice little story about McCain's plan here.