[TriLUG] [OT] TriLUGger on the news

[Kevin J.]

...or add a Bionx unit to your current bike:

http://www.bicycleman.com/bionx-electric-bikes/index.htm

Kevin
 
Have you F/LOSSed today?



----- Original Message ----
From: Magnus <magnus at trilug.org>
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:57:59 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] [OT] TriLUGger on the news


jason at monsterjam.org wrote:
> get a motorcycle.. ;)


I had considered that.  The idea isn't necessarily to burn less 
petroleum.  It's to burn NONE.

I'm not exactly a tree hugging hippy but even I see that we have reached 
"Peak Oil", probably years ago, and the only way we're going to be able 
to continue to thrive is to re-examine the fundamental ways in which we 
live and what we really "need" vs. what is simply a convenience.

If there were such a thing as a reasonably priced electric motorcycle 
with a ~60-80 mile range that plugged into an outlet at night to 
"refuel" I'd probably consider it.  Yes, it's shifting the energy burden 
upstream, but economies of scale make that a vast improvement over 
individual internal combustion engines.
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