Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg, the main fictional character in the 1873 novel “Around the World in Eighty Days,” was an ambitious man. His passion was to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, but he had nothing on Louis Palmer, the Swiss teacher who built his own solar car and took it around the globe to demonstrate the power and potential of solar energy. Now Palmer has inspired others, and tomorrow five teams from four continents are starting a race around the globe with electric vehicles. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Zero Emissions Race: Four Teams Compete To Go Around The Globe Using Renewable Energy
