Well I don't find it so funny and think it is a great idea and apparently so do many serious entrepeneurs. Take a look at the "Tango" going into production at http://www.commutercars.com/ The Top performance Tango can go zero to seventy in less than four seconds. Or take a look at the good old Corbin Sparrow which has just been resurrected by Myer motors of Ohio http://www.sparrowelectriccars.com/
Narrower more efficient zero emissions cars are becoming affordable to most everyone as they move to mass production. You can pickup a used Sparrow for $9,000 or less though the originals are increasingly scarce causing them to go as high as $26,000 in some parts of the country. The newer version has several improvements and is heading into mass production. You can view those upgrades at http://www.hightechscience.org/sparrow_modifications.htm I think that one thing the city could do to encourage electric vehicle use is to provide plug ins at designated parking spaces. Such programs have been highly successful in encouraging use of zero emission electric in Portland. http://www.evchargernews.com/regions/97204_1.htm David Strand Loring Park(where we get to breathe in all those commuters exhaust) --- Sheldon Mains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adapted from SiliconValley.com - Good Morning > Silicon Valley: > > The answer to Minneapolis traffic: Not wider > highways. Skinnier cars: > http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/english/lineup/microcar/index.html > > > [Humor alert--this is a joke] > > sheldon > ................................ > Sheldon Mains > Candidate for Minneapolis Library Board of Trustees > http://www.MainsForLibrary.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 612/618-7149 > Mains for Library Committee > 2718 24th St. E., Mpls 55406 > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a > member is in violation, contact the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: > http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused > Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
