Louis Palmer
Watch the video of Louis Palmer’s talk here.
“When the whole world talks about energy and climate crisis, it is time to show the solutions!”
In 2004 Louis Palmer started the solartaxi project. Since his childhood he wanted to go around the world without polluting and destroying planet Earth with fossil fuels. With the help of four different Swiss universities he managed to build the car, find supporters and sponsors and take off for a 18 month tour across 38 countries. He wanted to show to the world: Yes, we can change from fossil fuels to renewable energies! These new technologies are affordable, reliable and ecological!
More about Louis Palmer at louis-palmer.ch
Have a question for Louis Palmer? Ask it in the comments below.
Why not show the trailer with its 6 suare meters of photovoltaic panels?
Why is there no trailer category (for solar cars and bikes) at the trans-australian solar race?
Is it because it might inspire aircraft builders to design an aircraft trailing a flexcell ribbon… to outfly Piccard’s Solar Impulse?
Please note that I had proposed a single-wheel bike trailer with 1 square meter of photovoltaic panels (2 m long) on its cover for the Swiss national exibition Expo 02 as early as 2001.
Louis Palmer is totally unknown by the Swiss public, his solartaxi might as well have been sabotaged by the energy lobbies.
I wish Piccard a good and safe flight!
And Louis Palmer a Nobel prize!
Posted on 23-Nov-09 at 7:19 pm | Permalink
Louis,
Your point that it’s time to show the world solutions is well made.
It is time for us all to stop doing studies and research when we already know how to use batteries and electric motors and solar cells. It is time to use our knowledge.
Now.
Posted on 20-Jun-10 at 7:42 am | Permalink
Thanks!!!!!!!!
For showing the way of how taking the benefits of renewable energy sorces to our new engg. generation
Posted on 16-Feb-12 at 1:06 pm | Permalink
When you carry out your dream you stop thinking in terms of idea. Ideas done? by David Clement, Cycling the world, Switzerland, and François-Xavier Tanguy, DreamShake, Paris « CSID wrote:
[...] Monday 7 December 2009. Program of TEDxGeneva 2009. The speakers were François Bugnion, Louis Palmer, Robert Klapisch, Jan-Mathieu Donnier, Frederic Kaplan, Guillaume Massard, Michael Doser, Bruno [...]
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