Introducing the Electric Duster Project

Hemifish69, I did have the pleasure of reading your original post. You are entitled to your opinion, and in fact I guess I solicited it, which is why I didn't respond to it. Kudo's to you for editing it :)

You, like many others, completely miss the point of what I am attempting.
Unfortunately, many people have an immediate negative reaction to it based upon their preconceived notions of my motives.

I have received quite a few negative comments here at FABO, CarDomain, and on several other sites that have written about it. Armyofchuckness and Pastortom are definitely on the right track. I have been blogging about this project since I began last Summer. In the beginning I wrote a full explanation of why I am doing this and why I chose one of my Dusters as the subject. Very few, if any, of the negative comments I have read has anything to do with the reality of my project. They seem to be more of a backlash aimed at the "Al Gore" mentality that has permeated our society. Believe me, I am with you there.

My project is all about CONTROL. I do not like anyone, be it our government, or oil companies, or futures traders, or foreign countries, or ANYONE telling ME how much I can drive MY CARS. I don't give a rats *** about saving the planet or conserving oil. I want a choice of where I get my energy. I looked into all alternatives and chose electricity because "they" have the least ability to control it. If "they" close down the power plants I will hopefully still have the sun and the wind to make electricity. I am counting on all of these technologies, including batteries, to evolve in the near future.

As far as my using a Duster; that is because I am a huge Mopar fan. Hasn't anyone ever been to a custom car or hotrod show? A lot of it is art and making a statement of some kind. Not everyone sees what is meant.

I guess my statement is that "the man" will not control the use of MY MOPAR. Simple as that.