09.12.2008THE BOSTON GLOBE
SOAKING UP THE SUN - Yvo de Boer (left), executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, waved from the 'Solar Taxi' outside of UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland. Boer was accompanied by Swiss solar pioneer and adventurer Louis Palmer. Palmer traveled with his solar car around 38 countries and covered more than 32,000 miles. ''This is the first time in history that a solar-powered car has traveled all the way around the world without using a single drop of petrol,'' Palmer said. ''These new technologies are ready. It's ecological, it's economical, it is absolutely reliable.''