Category — ENERGY

Dear friends,

We will have our next meeting on Saturday, 10 Sept. at 10am.  We will meet at the Brandstatt Brothers shop, 27 Rose Avenue on the west side of Chico.   Please bring your electric vehicles for display if you wish.  Parking will be available in front of the shop.

The meeting will have reports from EV users, EV conversion up-dates and a call for future meeting topics.

Sincerely,

Jerry Brandstatt, President
Chico Chapter EAA

Starting Monday, 20th the Shed will hold it’s first BICYCLE MAINTENANCE CLASS.

It is a 3 class series, each class is 1 1/2 hours in length. 6pm – 7:30pm

LOCATION:  the shed is located by CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY.

SCHEDULE:
Monday 20:  Gear and Brake Systems/Adjustments
Tuesday 28: Bearing Assemblies/Adjustments
Tuesday July 12:  Wheel Trueing (skipping the first week of July for vacations)

Bring your own Bike or work on a Donated Bike! Classes are on a Donation Basis.  Class is limited to 5 per/series so RSVP.  Thank you.

Ron
chapmanshed@gmail.com

Hi Everyone,

The next meeting for the Chico Chapter of the Electric Auto Association will be at  10am on Saturday, May 14.  The meeting location will be at the Brandstatt Brother’s shop, 27 Rose Avenue on the west side of Chico.

For directions, please call 530-343-0331.

If you drive 20k miles a year and your car gets 20 miles-per-gallon, you will spend $5000 a year on gas at $5 a gallon.  If you drive that 20k miles in a plug-in electric conversion vehicle or production electric car, you will spend $500 to $1000 a year.  If you have solar power at home and a free re-charge outlet at work, you’ll drive for free!

At our meeting this month, we will look at the numbers and answer the following questions:

* When does it pay to convert your car to plug-in electric?
* Which cars make good conversions?
* Where are the conversion shops in Northern California?
* How hard is it to do your own conversion?
* What about reliability and repairs?

If you have been thinking about $5 gas and electric cars, please join us next Saturday, May 14th at 10am.

For you British MG fans, we are scheduled to have Peter McWade’s electric MG conversion to admire. You are also welcome to bring any other electric vehicles to meeting.  Thank you for your support.

Jerry Brandstatt, Chapter President

The PAGEANT Theater
351 East Avenue, Chico, CA

presents the Academy Award nominee doc that everyone should watch:

“GASLAND”

Saturday May 14 at 12:00 pm

Sierra Club is sponsoring the screening of GASLAND.  The amazing story of people lighting their tap water on fire.  Discover how FRACKING became exempt from our federal environmental laws.  California FRACKING maybe coming to a well near you.  There will be cool t-shirt and water bottle prizes.

On the Kendall Lawn at CSU-Chico
Saturday April 16 starting at 11:00 am

AS LIVE! and AS Sustainability present:

ECO-FEST, an all day celebration of sustainability!  There will be live entertainment, music, vendors, and local food!  This event is free, family friendly and open to anyone in the community.  More info to be announced.

Contact AS LIVE! at 530-898-6005 for more information.