US ENERGY CRISIS UPDATE
Gas prices are too high, right? Absolutely unbelievable — somebody should do something about this, shouldn’t they? How can we get by paying $4 a gallon? Who’s getting rich off this? Why doesn’t the government step in?
Those thoughts - headlines - rants - often go through my mind as I ride. Sitting on a bike [...]
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- Bikes Outsell Cars Again! (hint: not where we live)
February 4th, 2008New figures showed bikes outsold cars in 2007 for the eighth consecutive year. In Australia.
The nation that’s larger than our own sold a record 1.5 million bicycles in 2007, compared to 1.0 million cars.
With bikes being about 58% of the total, and cars about 42%, the Aussie government accordingly spent a whopping 1% of [...] - Engineering Tomorrow’s Human Powered Vehicle
March 3rd, 2007Jason Lewis
2007 CSUN HPV Team
Who wouldn’t like to go faster, and ride in greater comfort? How would you like to be able to run errands, maybe pick up some groceries, and not have to carry them in a backpack? The need for speed, comfort, and utility drives the development of new technology in transportation. Many [...]
