ElectricAid.org is challenging Fox News´s Bill O´Reilly in an open letter

[Richard]

ElectricAid.org is challenging Bill O´Reilly to sign up for the U.S Think City. Have a look at our letter and Bill O´Reilly stand-in, posing with the Think City below:

Oslo - Norway
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Dear Mr. O´Reilly

Last year during the U.S election, a premium subscription to the Radio Factor allowed me to get your voice to fill my living room for 90 minutes every weekday for 9 months. It was a very interesting experience and I respect your work during that period. Since I’m from Norway, a Social Democratic state, my opinions would sometimes differ from your own, but determined as I was not to be a Pin Head, I happily tuned in every day to get all the different points of view that I could get a hold on.

Today, I would hope my sincere and curios effort in keeping an open mind, would be honored and that you would read and hopefully act upon a little challenge that I have put together for you:

During the oil crisis of last summer, I remember that you said you would happily get yourself a Prius if you could fit into one of them. I also remember that you were keen on the idea of flex fuel vehicles, and that "no matter where you stand in the climate change debate, everyone should be able to agree that the cleaner the air the better and the less reliance on foreign sources of oil the better" I think I might have a vehicle solution for you that will serve every point mentioned above, while keeping you comfortable at the same time.

Meet the all electric Th!nk City and our Bill O´Reilly Stand-In:

It may look small, but the fact of the matter is that it is very spacey. It is designed for a 95-percentile person which means that 95% of the population would fit into it, and on top of that, Think has added some extra height to the headroom just to ensure a high comfort level. This makes the headroom taller than with the Toyota Prius. We could not find a person that matches your height exactly, but we did find one that is an inch taller than you. Lets just call him Bob. Bob is 6 foot 5 inches tall pluss an extra inch of hearstyle, and plays the Cello. He is also a sailing enthusiast. As you can see from the pictures below, even though he is taller than you, he is quite comfortable in the Think City and there is plenty of room for his rather big instrument.

I Think we have demonstrated the comfort level well in the pictures above and as for the closing argument, I would say that your local air would most definitely be a lot cleaner if you were to drive this vehicle to work every day. It can go a 110 miles on one charge which would more than bring you to work and back every day without using a single drop of oil.

As for the flex fuel bit, just bring an open mind and you will see that an electric vehicle really is a flex fuel vehicle. The power it runs on can come from American made Nuclear, Coal, Wind, Solar and Geothermal power. Heck you could even make your own power and if you would like some solar panels to achieve that on your roof, I know just the guy to put it up for you.

So, I would encourage you to sign up for free for the Think City at our non-binding "Get Me A Th... and if I’m ever in New York, I think we could have an interesting and civilized debate on politics.

You can also get to know the Think City in our film review of the vehicle here

All the best,

Richard
ElectricAid.org


For the press:

Below you can find some attachments to this release. The two reported locations Mr. O´Reilly would be commuting from plus a HI Res & Medium Res archive of the pictures used in the letter. As for the Film we have made that is mentioned in the letter. Go ahead and use it if you want to.

Think O´Reilly Medium size.zip
Think O´Reilly HiDef.zip

Presumed commute for O´Reilly:

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[joy]

The THINK city may look small, but sure can fit large people lol!

But seriously, I think the car looks like a nice ride, from its exteriors to the performance (and also from the performance car parts used in it like tail lights and mud flaps), and as I heard it from the reviews and being known as one of the highly certified electric cars other from Tesla Roadster... I think it's nice to have one of these... :D

[Speculawyer]

Keith is still on. No, Rachel Maddow did not take his spot but she sure is a rising star. She's more of a Subaru driver though. ;-)

[Richard]

Thats true =)

Maybe we should get him on the line... *Clash of the titans*
Is he still on ? Didn Rachel Madow take his slot ?

[Art Malm]

I do admire people though who take the time to listen to the full range of political opinion.

O'Reilly? Ugh. Few people spark a more negative response in my mind than that guy. Beware the hypocrites. Seldom can they be trusted to develope and maintain a rational, coherent opinion of anything.

On the other hand, a good electric car will sell to American progressives whether O'Reilly has something nice to say about it or not. Keith Oberman is a pretty tall guy that I'm sure would take one for a spin if O'Reilly refuses :-)

[Richard]

I Think she will fit in the Think City. You can just pull the seat backwards a little bit. You should get her to sign up at our waiting list so that she at least will be able to try it for a fit =)

If the dogs are of the small kind they will also fit but lets say one of them to be sure. Welcome to Electric Aid btw =)

[steve crandall]

A nice way to get publicity.

A friend is a pro beach volleyball player and over 6'6 and happens to have very long legs (40" inseam). When cars don't fit, it is mostly her legs. One of these days there will be a green ride to get her and her two dogs between beach volleyball tournaments in the US.

[Ben]

Go my son! Spot on! =)

[Speculawyer]

One more thing . . . despite my negativity on O'Reilly (who I think is more of an enemy of EVs than a friend of EVs) . . . I do think this is a clever publicity stunt. :-) Well done! :-D

[Speculawyer]

Fox is the cable "news" network with the highest ratings . . . but I put "news" in quotes since the programming is mostly not news but instead largely right-wing opinion/commentary from right-wing ranters such as O'Reilly, Hannity, Brit Hume, and their latest looney Glenn Beck. O'Reilly will most likely ignore this open letter . . . and you'll probably be better off if he does since if he actually reacts he'll probably go into some rant about a foreign company from a socialist country trying to get his help, he'll then go into these socialist loan interest loans that Th!nk is seeking from the government, maybe then a rant about the 'myth' of global warming, and perhaps he'll rant about the socialist subsidies for EVs that were included in the socialist stimulus package.

I think the only way to get O'Reilly on board with EVs is to convince him that EVs will help the USA reduce the money sent to that evil socialist Chavez in Venezuela and those crazy Muslims in the middle-east.

[Speculawyer]

You have a premium subscription to the Radio Factor? WTF?
http://mediamatters.org/items/200412230006
http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com/
http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/tags/bill_o_reilly