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Agenda for the April 9th, 2020 meeting of the Barrie-Orillia Chapter of the Electric Vehicle Society.
Thursday April 9th, 2020, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Welcome: David VanAlstyne – Chapter Lead
Introductions: Guests/members/Speaker
EVS Meetings: COVID -19 – Electric Vehicle Society is still active!
· On-line ZOOM meetings
· New EVS Chat forums!
· Other on-line initiatives, an example from the Waterloo Region Electric Vehicle Association
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxMQQSl5JAA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3mnGkfuQv57eC5RvCSwalTVu06kyOf4kFrN8KmFwboLMdEXoX57a000cE
Volunteering: Humanitarian Initiatives- How can EV owners help?
Suggestions: – Meal/grocery deliveries to shut-ins?
In the News: Federal Government’s Multi-billion $ bail out for Oil and Gas Doubling down on Oil and Gas
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-prepares-multibillion-dollar-bailout-of-oil-and-gas-sector/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/feds-pulled-between-bailing-out-oil-and-gas-and-moving-to-cleaner-energy-1.4882487
Why is non-renewable Oil and Gas is a bad bet?
Arithmetic, Population and Energy Albert Bartlett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O133ppiVnWY
Guest Speaker: Paul Rapoport, a university professor, has driven an EV for more than five years and been a member of the EV Society for almost as long. He’s interested in getting people into EVs, believing that once they’re in, they’ll want to stay in!
He will demonstrate a novel way of using cost of ownership to show how EVs are cheaper to drive than gasoline vehicles. Sometimes, he says, the results are surprising.
Q and A
End of Meeting
