I agree with the people powered device advantage. Why do parents buy their children those little electric cars when they should be developing strenth from peddeling. skateboards, bikes, rollerblades, razor scooters, rollerskates spring loaded jogging shoes (ok not them), hang gliders, cross-country ski's, speed walking, jogging, snowboarding etc are the answer not pricy top heavy jimcracks. I'm picturing the ginger jam in front of balducci's, hit and run shoppers on madison ave. and A holes in airports. This is not a peoples device.
Not all people can or want to ride a bicycle, they require a fair amount of work. Sure, they may be GOOD for you but there is a real appeal to having a machine do the work instead. That's one of the reasons people like cars and motorcycles. A traffic jam in front of Balducci's? Those take place at least twice a day already. And these things take up far less room than a car does. How many commutors drive by themselves into the city on nice days wrapped in their two-ton, gas guzzeling, polluting, dangerous vehicles?
OK, so it isn't too cool, it looks like a push lawn mower, so it ain't a flying machine, but if people could give up their love affair's with the automobile I think this thing could really help to cut down on the world's consumption of gasoline. Bill, I understand why a bicycle and scateboard enthusiast such as yourself wouldn't be interested, but not all people are as fitness oriented as you......
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- bill 12-04-2001 2:13 am
Not all people can or want to ride a bicycle, they require a fair amount of work. Sure, they may be GOOD for you but there is a real appeal to having a machine do the work instead. That's one of the reasons people like cars and motorcycles. A traffic jam in front of Balducci's? Those take place at least twice a day already. And these things take up far less room than a car does. How many commutors drive by themselves into the city on nice days wrapped in their two-ton, gas guzzeling, polluting, dangerous vehicles?
OK, so it isn't too cool, it looks like a push lawn mower, so it ain't a flying machine, but if people could give up their love affair's with the automobile I think this thing could really help to cut down on the world's consumption of gasoline. Bill, I understand why a bicycle and scateboard enthusiast such as yourself wouldn't be interested, but not all people are as fitness oriented as you......
- steve 12-04-2001 4:46 am [1 comment]