Comments for Escape From Berkeley

Comment on IMPORTANT DATE CHANGES ANNOUNCED!!! by Mark Keller

Mark Keller — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:32:21 +0000

I am looking for the rules of this race? can some one point me to them?

Comment on Kick-off Event / Open House by admin

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:40:20 +0000

Abe,

Your Camaro sounds great. Let’s talk a bit more about entering your vehicle into the race to see if we can make it work. Just email me/jess jess

Cheers,
Jess

Comment on Kick-off Event / Open House by H2Guy

H2Guy — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:12:32 +0000

I would love to enter a fully 100% compressed hydrogen powered vehicle (we are converting a camaro), but with the restriction that we have to start with less than 10kW of power, this is .28 of a kg (roughly 1/3 of a gallon of gasoline equivelent). There are non petrol fueling stations on the way that would be great to fill at, although we could bring our own fueling system, but would require a day to fill up. Does this disqualify us as we aren’t your target market for the race?

Thanks!

Abe

Comment on Kick-off Event / Open House by Lundy

Lundy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:38:01 +0000

Hi again to the EFB crew!

I just wanted to know how the BBQ/planning party went. What is the ETA for the rules posting and are there any pictures of the event? The Earthday shin-dig down in San Diego left a lot to be desired. I would have rather spent the day up at the Shipyard.

Anyways, hope all is going well.

Peace out,
Lundy

Comment on Kick-off Event / Open House by Escape From Berkeley Kick-off Event & Open House at The Shipyard

Escape From Berkeley Kick-off Event & Open House at The Shipyard — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:36:30 +0000

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Comment on Kick-off Event / Open House by babalou

babalou — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:14:38 +0000

Sorry about that Lundy. Next time you are in the Bay Area we will have a gathering in your honor.
cheers,
babaLou

Comment on Kick-off Event / Open House by Lundy

Lundy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:53:18 +0000

Ahrg!

You have to run this one week AFTER I visit Berkeley! Now, I am too far away to join the fun!

Oh,well. I encourage all who can to join the EFB crew at the shipyard. The food is good, the company is great and the ambiance cannot be matched.

Peace out,
Lundy

Comment on Kick-off Event / Open House by Richard Grinnell

Richard Grinnell — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:46:55 +0000

I may not be able to attend, so here are my comments.
I suggest participants may purchase (non-petroleum) fuel with money. Begging and bartering have little to do with advancing non-petroleum technology.

Participants should be able to start the race with as much fuel as they like. An electric powered vehicle should be able to start the race with a full charge. Is re-charging from the power grid (PG&E) a-non petroleum fuel, or must the batteries be recharged from a non-petroleum generator?

Scoring should be weighted to give points for the least amount of fuel consumed. Participants would certify the amount of energy they consumed.

Comment on Google thinks Baja doesn’t exist by Jack McCornack

Jack McCornack — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:58:08 +0000

I’m not averse to freeways from a competition standpoint–we’re more streamlined and less air-leaky than we were last year–but it sure as heck isn’t much fun as the back roads, and we enjoyed the people we met in small towns more than the people we met at the interstate offramp businesses.

Comment on Google thinks Baja doesn’t exist by admin

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:10:31 +0000

Nick,

This is only to show more or less where we are going. This is NOT the final map. We won’t release that until closer to the race. Like last year the suggested route and daily check points will stay to roads and highways that are bicycle friendly.

Cheer,
Jess