[Greenbuilding] OT What car?

[Donald Eyermann]

They are called quadracycles.....4 wheel bicycles.....such as:
www.RhoadesCar.com

They are available with electric motors for greater range/cargo assist.
Solar recharged would be best, of course.

So when will I read about some enterprizing conservationist building a
"Surrey" (with a fringe on top!), that is a solar electic recharged flat bed
hauler? Maybe the panels could unfold and deploy (like a sattelite solar
panel array) for daytime recharging at the job site. Now that would be cool.
(as in shade). Maybe made with nanotube composite ultralightweight
fabrication technology. Just a random futurnistic thought, (assuming we'll
have one). Of course the house would be an advanced zero energy lifestyle
product. ZeroEnergy at cox.net  

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kramer
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 3:16 PM
To: mkl18 at pobox.com; greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] OT What car?

Could someone repost the thread regarding bicycles, cargo haulers.  I
believe I read it this am, must have deleted it by mistake.
Thanks
Susan
----- Original Message -----
From: "MKL" <mkl18 at pobox.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:31 PM
Subject: [Greenbuilding] OT What car?


> Pursuant to the collective realization here of the futility of 
> attempting to establish a universal Green manifesto.
>
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> A puzzle.
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> If someone drove under 12,000 kms per year (suburban or rural retiree 
> perhaps) should they drive an old gas guzzler (or just a gas fueled 
> car) perhaps with a bigger engine thereby reducing the need for new 
> car production and consequent production pollution and save a lot of 
> money on the price of the vehicle or buy a new expensive fuel 
> efficient vehicle and save on the cost of fuel (with the AC off) but 
> contribute to production pollution and have less to spend on evac tube 
> technology?
>
> There is presumably a ratio like there is with everything else 
> practical by which this might be decided but in a retiring baby boom 
> dominated society likely to be only going into town once a week will 
> it
> matter much if its in a   5 litre Bentley Continental
> or Lincoln Town Car? Indeed SHOULD it be rather than a NEW vehicle of 
> any type? (assuming VERY low annual mileage of course)
>
> If the store was only 3 miles away then would it be OK then to drive 
> from Buffalo to Arizona and back once a year in the Lincoln? The auto 
> industry in North America has traditionally catered to the suburban 
> commuter where high daily mileage can be offset with savings in the 
> choice of engine but in the near future aging boomers and beyond will 
> not drive as much as they did possibly making the savings on fuel type 
> small and for many the deciding factor of how much they will pay to 
> save a few dollars. Especially if they live in the city in multi unit 
> housing and only use their car to get to the Summer "cottage/cabin" in 
> the country where they are active in tree planting, growing organic 
> foods and breathing cleaner air.
>
> Michael Lough
>
> No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep 
> order.
> Albert Speer
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