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Foot is usually impractical in most US cities. A bicycle would work in some places, but is, IMHO, too bloody dangerous in most areas, as bike paths and lanes are just too uncommon. I ride a motor scooter when the weather allows, as at least I can keep up with traffic. 80mpg, or about a gallon every two weeks. --- Richard Green <rlgreen@industryinet.com> wrote: > Most environmental transport is by foot or bicycle. > I know several people that do use a bicycle as their primary mode of > transport for the week. > Some of us drive to far. > > richard > > > James Montebello wrote: > > My gripe with the current hybrids is they're not pushing the technology > > anywhere near far enough, and they're now being mis-used for marketing > reasons. > > Most of the new hybrids coming out are stupid things like hybrid SUVs that > add > > maybe 10-15%, making terrible gas mileage merely awful. > > > > Americans think 40mpg is great mileage, but it's actually not that good. > > Getting 50mpg doesn't require hybrid technology, just a small engine with > good > > fuel control. An ex-girlfriend had a Renault 5 in 1981 that would get > 45mpg... > > > > The hybrids, meanwhile, add highly toxic battery technology to the problem, > > which will require some disposal mechanism in a few years. > > > > > As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never pointin the > wrong direction. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com