I recently got invited to a Going Green meeting by Representative Patrick Murphy. I’m pretty sure I was the only Powersports dealer there. This was a meeting to discuss the funds that Pennsylvania would receive from the federal government via the new stimulus bill in the energy sector. I sent in some questions before the meeting about areas that could make a big impact on transportation in Southeastern Pennsylvania – getting our traffic lights synchronized (as IBM is mentioning in their ads playing now) so we don’t just sit burning gas, making electric bicycles legal in Pennsylvania for in-town use, dedicated scooter/motorcycle parking spots as a couple of examples of things I’d like to see here.
Congressman Murphy introduced the meeting mentioning words near and dear to my heart, “His goal is to get us off foreign oil”. Cool. That is why I started MPG Motors.
After attending the meeting, it was apparent (and later confirmed), that as far as the stimulus bill is concerned – the funding for green energy doesn’t have anything to do with vehicles. It is only for buildings, power generation or conservation among other things. Most of the attendees were very excited at this meeting. For us – scooterists and motorcyclists – eh, not so much? Yes, we conserve fuel on our scooters and motorcycles – but that is not what this money is for.
So, we (you and MPG Motors) are still doing it the old fashioned way – on our own. We are doing it. The lack of funding does make some sense for the vehicles we sell. They are already available and don’t need to be developed. They get great gas mileage already and they are cheap to keep.
So, as we say, “Ride when you can and drive when you have to!” You’ll be doing a lot more than most by being Fun, Fast and Efficient!
