68 “mpg” hydrogen Honda coming in July

“Honda has just announced details of the leasing program for the new FCX Clarity fuel cell car…”

“The Clarity will be the first series “production” fuel cell vehicle available for lease to retail customers and the first examples will be delivered in July of this year.”

“American Honda expects to lease about 200 Claritys during the first three years of the program. Right now, Honda is filtering through the 50,000 people that have shown interest in the lease program. The majority of those people who will be ruled ineligible because they don’t live within range of a hydrogen filling station in the Los Angeles area.”

See AutoblogGreen for the story —- also here in AutoBlog’s “Prius-Fighting-Hybrid” article

Designers urged to scramble for SB 1312

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The fate of Senate Bill 1312 (the poorly written “voluntary Practice Act” for Registered Interior Designers) will be decided on Thurs. May 22nd. On both fronts, designers have been urged to fax Senators to either throw a rope to save it, or to send the monster to the underworld —but I think its a done deal already. My guess is it will die in suspense, never to be heard from again.

IDCC is still “hopeful” with this dog. Their home page says:

“It didn’t pass through to the Senate yet, …..”