The Solar Apprentice- a PV Powered Vehicle Christopher Dymond This project is a joint operation of SolTerra and The Global Walk. In the first phase, an ultralight photovoltaic powered, electric vehicle will be built in Olympia Washington by SolTerra and local solar energy enthusiasts. In the second phase, the vehicle, "The Solar Apprentice", will cross the country in conjunction with the Global Walk. It will be an operations vehicle for solar energy displays and information, as well as a dramatic demonstration of PV power. The following project description will give you an understanding of the value this project. I hope it will encourage you to join us. Why This Project? The primary purpose of this project is to increase awareness and education of the value of solar energy. In order to develop energy sources which are compatible with our environment, we must make a conscious decision to do so. Sustainable energy technologies are not currently profitable enough to excel via the free market system. Instead, we must make a personal investment today, through conservation and renewable energy sources such as solar energy, wind, hydroelectric & geothermal. In return, this investment will leave the Earth in as good a condition as we found it. INSERT SPEC SHEET INSERT GRAPHIC The Global Walk The Global Walk is a grass roots non-profit organization working to make the world more "livable." They have organized a grand project, to send several hundred people on a walk around the world. Representatives from Denmark, England, France, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States will participate in the first part of the walk across the US. Through this experience these people will meet tens of thousands of people and develop a better understanding of our world, both as individuals and as a whole Earth. "The goal of the Global walk is to raise awareness about the environmental crisis and demonstrate what can be done about it." Joan Bokaer, Global Walk director The walkers will teach people "how-to" be more globally responsible and politically active, by networking already existing organizations and setting up fairs. One of the most valuable elements of the fairs will be the Solar Energy Display. The display will consist of a demonstration of photovoltaic power, passive solar energy (water and space heating), how to demonstrations, and information packets on available solar energy technologies and services. It is in the solar energy display which the Solar Apprentice will be of its greatest use. Joining the Global Walk in Arizona on April 15,1990, the Solar Apprentice will travel to New York. The vehicle will provide eye catching attraction to draw people to the solar energy display and demonstrate effective photovoltaic power. For more information on the Global Walk please contact: The Global Walk,1431 Ocean Ave., Suite B, Santa Monica, CA 90401 „ 213-458-3911 or 213-395-4123. WHO IS BUILDING THE SOLAR APPRENTICE The majority of the work will be done by Team Solar, a group which consists of members of the Capital Bicycling Club (Olympia, WA), mechanics, machinists, local solar energy enthusiasts, and science students of the Evergreen State College and South Puget Sound Community College. Materials selection and assembly is directed by Dan Kneelands, Student Shops Instructor at The Evergreen State College. Dan has had a wide variety of experience in alternative energy systems and appropriate technology in developing countries, and has years of experience in ultralight aircraft design and construction. The director of the design and building is myself, Christopher Dymond. The facilities which have been made available for the project include: „The Evergreen State College student shops & science department „South Puget Sound Community College electronics lab „Western Washington State College wind tunnel Additional support and resources which must be acknowledged include: Dr. Mike Seal (WWSC), Dr Robert Cole (TESC), Bill Tourtilott (SPSCC), Richard Rau (Bow Wow Cycleworks), Dr Don Middendorf (TESC), Richard Apple (Apple and Assoc.), and Kurt Knutson, Larry Eisner (Solar Engineering inc.), & Richard and Karen Perez (The Electron Connection, Ltd.). What We Need Time, energy and expertise have all been donated by SolTerra, the Global Walk, Home Power Magazine and Team Solar. We have the skills, facilities and people power to make this project work. We need the material components necessary to make this project to work. Join us though your contributions, be it in the form of information, contacts, time, money, or the donation or loaning of materials,. All will be well appreciated. Contributions are tax deductible. In addition, large donations can reserve you a space for advertisement on the side of the vehicle, which will traverse the nation, stopping at hundreds of small towns and cities. JOIN US TODAY! For more information contact: Christopher Dymond, c/o SolTerra, 720 S Adams #3, Olympia, WA 98501 „ 206-352- 2652. Christopher Dymond is the owner of SolTerra and has a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University. His vehicle design experience includes an apprenticeship with Richard Rau, (Member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon HPV Association, and a renowned recumbent bicycle designer/builder), and being the primary designer/builder of the "Red Shift", for the gravity powered vehicle competition at Oregon State University. RP