D'Arcy Norman dot net » solar http://www.darcynorman.net apparently much happier in person Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Solar Car Race – Texas to Calgary http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/27/solar-car-race-texas-to-calgary/ http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/07/27/solar-car-race-texas-to-calgary/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 dnorman 1966022100 The North American Solar Challenge finished today (official photos from entire race), with the finish line and reception area at the University of Calgary. The team from the U of C finished to cheers of hundreds (but I couldn't see because I was stuck in a huge line for a free BBQ burger...)
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Lots of cool (but scarily tiny) solar powered cars. A surprisingly huge turnout - crowd was huge! And some irony thrown in for good measure. They lit the Olympic torch for the duration, burning more fuel than was consumed by all cars for the entire duration of the 2000-mile race. And a local shopping centre showed up with their Hummer2, to, well, be cool n stuff. Bling. And use more fuel than the entire race consumed (if you don't count the fleet of supporting vehicles...)
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]]> The North American Solar Challenge finished today (official photos from entire race), with the finish line and reception area at the University of Calgary. The team from the U of C finished to cheers of hundreds (but I couldn’t see because I was stuck in a huge line for a free BBQ burger…)

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Lots of cool (but scarily tiny) solar powered cars. A surprisingly huge turnout – crowd was huge! And some irony thrown in for good measure. They lit the Olympic torch for the duration, burning more fuel than was consumed by all cars for the entire duration of the 2000-mile race. And a local shopping centre showed up with their Hummer2, to, well, be cool n stuff. Bling. And use more fuel than the entire race consumed (if you don’t count the fleet of supporting vehicles…)

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