RE:As to the fate of the ZENN car.You want to blame this on Paul Martin. What are you smoking. ZENN grew out of Feel Good Cars, who hyped fuel cells and was run by a guy Lynnward Farr. He had no money and less brains, but a good con man. When the fuel cell didn't pam out the bought a piece of Eestor, evenually owning it. You really think Harper would have enabled this hyped up golf cart, that had a top speed of 40 km/hr to become a real car, you are thinking with what? Would you go on a highway with a underpowered golf cart?
The Eestor battery had promise and still might. Tricky Dicky did a real number on ZENN for sure, but I beleive, initially at least, he believed in it. Martin Marietta bought in and are still sharehoders, hence this NASA thing thay won't talk about. Maybe they are just trying to get their money out, or in the long chance that the Capacitor works they will actually make money. Who knows, but bring Liberal vs Conservative politics into it ( sorry Reform party) as had no impact.