MooPig's "Duct Tape and Marshmallows Department of Theory and Speculation" Part THREE

MOTORIZED Rickshaws will Turn the Tide on Global Energy Conservation
by Pat Darnell

Article By CHRIS JOHNSON | 26th April 2009
PHOTO Above  |  "Bystanders who saw this bizarre sight trundle its way along the dusty roads to market must have thought this driver had gone 'coco-nuts'.
In a desperate attempt to get his haul to market, a coconut seller piled hundreds upon hundreds on the back of a three-wheeled tuk-tuk.
But the precarious load looked in danger of falling off as the overloaded motorised rickshaw made its very slow journey.
Read more: HERE"

The GM/Segway PUMA seems to have taken the internet by storm today, being proclaimed as the future of urban transportation. [SOURCE]

“Project P.U.M.A. represents a unique solution to moving about and interacting in cities, where more than half of the world’s people live,” says Larry Burns, GM vice president of research and development, and strategic planning.

“Imagine small, nimble electric vehicles that know where other moving objects are and avoid running into them. Now, connect those vehicles in an Internet-like web and you can greatly enhance the ability of people to move through cities, find places to park and connect to their social and business networks.”

[But you know someone will want to put a rocket engine on them...]

A Day Without Auto Rickshaws: Inconvenience, Intimidation and Corruption
Submitted by Megan McConville  |  [SOURCE]
APRIL 7, 2010 | " ... An estimated 55,000 auto rickshaw drivers went on strike in Delhi last week, complicating commutes by putting extra pressure on other modes of public transit. The strike was led by auto rickshaw drivers’ unions, which demanded a fare increase and that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit retract her statements supporting the phase-out of auto rickshaws. ... "

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But Motorized Rickshaws have sort of always been there for the breezier breeds ... No?

POTUS

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