[Gasification] [Terrapreta] FUELS AND VEHICLES:ANINTEGRATEDSOLUTION

[Bob Stuart]

On 22-May-08, at 1:54 PM, Jonathan Spreadborough wrote:
>
> Not saying that an electric bike isn't a nice transportation option  
> in some
> places. But even in Nebraska riding a bike in the four cold months,  
> November
> through February is not a reality. Even March, April and the first  
> part of
> May are not nice enough to get most people out on a bike. Only the die
> hardest bicyclist get out in April, and Lincoln has some serious  
> bicyclists.

I used to have a good laugh on the way to work in Toronto from time  
to time.  I'd pull up at the curb for a red light, beside a line of  
shivering statues waiting for a bus in their fashionable clothes.  I  
was such an anomaly that occasionally, one would break the Toronto  
Code of Silence with Strangers and blurt out "Arn't you Cold?!?"  I'd  
happily unzip and flap my jacket to show how close I was to  
overheating.   For me, summer is always the worst cycling season, as  
I drip for twenty minutes after arriving anywhere in a hurry.  In  
winter, the only special clothing you might want is good mitts and  
boots, and a dust mask for rebreathing heat when it gets far below  
freezing.  When it is icy, I can put a foot down and slide along  
without falling.

Best,
Bob Stuart