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Have you been ICEd? Gas guzzlers park in electric car-charging spots.
Christian Science Monitor ^ | August 8, 2012 | Antony Ingram

Posted on 08/08/2012 5:55:34 PM PDT by NCjim

One electric-car owner got so angry about internal combustion engine (ICE) cars taking car-charging parking spots, he made a video.

If you drive an electric car, it's nice to know that if you're making a trip to the mall or a regular spot that you can charge up your car while you're running errands.

Well, it's nice until you get there to find that some ignorant soul has parked their gas-guzzler in the space, preventing you from charging.

Unfortunately, it's a trend noticed all too frequently by Santa Monica-based reader Kelly Olsen, who shot the video below to demonstrate just how many spaces are being hogged, in a trend he dubs "ICEing"-- in other words, being displaced by vehicles with Internal Combustion Engines.

The video shows cars at three business locations near to Kelly's home, which all use ECOtality Blink chargers. Not a single car featured in the video is a plug-in, but all are taking up plug-in spaces.

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To: NCjim
One electric-car owner got so angry..., he made a video.

Wow! They should send these people to anger management classes. That video making is some pretty serious stuff. These people should also need a license to carry a video camera along with a letter from their psychiatrist.

61 posted on 08/09/2012 6:07:49 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: glorgau

Civil disobedience, HOV lanes represent unacknowledged failed policy because they cost gas, not save it. Dare to disobey. Monkey wrench the system. Send postage due mail. Submit unnecessary IRS paperwork.


62 posted on 08/09/2012 8:40:31 PM PDT by wrencher
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