North Coast Water Quality Control Board brought their Honda passenger car that runs on clean natural gas. Empire Waste Management recently purchased four garbage trucks that run on clean natural gas, a much cleaner technology than traditional diesel engines. Ford Think Mobility Trailer was the highlight of the event, with their electric vehicles, bicycles and neighborhood cars as well as their prototype fuel cell car, foreground. Santa Rosa City Fleet Manager Chuck Hammond takes a test drive in the Ford Think, a neighborhood electric vehicle. West County Transit earned a Clean Air Award from the American Lung Association for converting their fleet of diesel school buses to natural gas.
Diesel emissions are toxic and harmful to children.
If only car companies had stayed with battery technology. Brian Hall brought his 1976 Porsche which he converted from gasoline to electric. In the background is the City of Santa Rosa's large truck that runs on propane. Crowds lined up to test drive the tiny one-person Sparrow electric vehicle, legal to drive 75 miles on the highway. Wes Cross brought his wife Louise to check out the Toyota Prius hybrid, one of only three super ultra low emission vehicles available.