Solar Car Drives Home Message To Climate Conference Delegates

Maybe a globe-trotting solar car will drive home the message that we have the tools to fight global warming.

The two-seater, the first of its kind to travel around the world without using a single drop of gasoline, arrived today at the U.N. climate talks at Poznan, , where delegates from 190 countries are meeting to draft a new treaty to reduce greenhouse gases that would replace the Kyoto Protocol.  The Poznan conference began Monday, Dec. 1, and runs to Dec. 12.

The noiseless vehicle, driven by Louis Palmer, began its 32,000-mile (52,000-kilometer) trek through 38 countries 17 months ago in Lucerne, The Associated Press reported.