Neil Young is full of bright ideas lately. Recently, he announced that he would force his fans to buy his music in high quality audio, by releasing his back catalogue on Bly-ray Audio Disc and nothing else. This week he's converting his car to run on battery power, which seems like a better idea. The singer has set up a team with Wichita mechanic Jonathan Goodwin to convert his 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on electricity, investing $120,000 in the project.
Speaking to the Wichita Eagle, Young said: "Jonathan and this car are going to make history. We're going to change the world; we're going to create a car that will allow us to stop giving our wealth to other countries for petroleum".
He said this proactive decision came about because he had realised that music wasn't going to change the world. He continued: "You know, I thought long ago you could change the world by writing songs. Oh, you can inspire a few people, get some of them to change their thinking about something, but you can't change the world by writing songs. But we could change it with this car".