Hold That Soil

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March/April 1988
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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Solar Speed Record

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Last fall, on an overcast day in Mesa, Arizona, a car looking like a huge flattened bug and sporting 7,200 solar cells broke the world's speed record for a land vehicle powered solely by the sun: 35.227 mph, a significant jump over the previous 24.74 mph record set in 1984. Later, in November, the vehicle sped to victory in a 1,950-mile race across the middle of Australia, making the journey in 44 hours and 54 minutes at an average speed of 41 mph. Called the GM Sunraycer, the 360-pound vehicle is nearly 20 feet long, six and a half feet wide and a little over three feet high. On sunny days, it has been unofficially clocked running solely on solar power at 45 mph; on the road, it uses a high-efficiency battery to help it accelerate and climb hills, and can reach 60 mph. Its electric engine weighs only 8.1 pounds, but produces two horsepower.

Consumer's Handbook

According to the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, one in four purchases results in some kind of consumer dissatisfaction. Yet nearly 70% of unhappy buyers fail to complain to the companies involved—in many cases, simply because they're not sure where to take their grievances or whom to complain to. Solution: the Consumer's Resource Handbook, a government publication that lists more than 2,000 names, addresses and phone numbers where consumers can get answers to questions or help in resolving complaints. Included are Better Business Bureaus, trade associations, corporate consumer contacts, dispute resolution programs and local, state and federal government agencies. The 1988 Consumer's Resource Handbook is available free from the Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO 81009.

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