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Hybrid Electric Scooter Runs On Anything That Burns

gas2.org — Segway inventor Dean Kamen is developing a hybrid electric scooter that can run on almost anything that burns.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 30, 2009

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  • MMusick, on 06/30/2009, -2/+16Can it run on herpes?
  • PowderedToasty, on 06/30/2009, -0/+11I think you mean Mr. Fusion. The Flux Capacitor is what makes time travel possible.
  • Foxprowl, on 06/30/2009, -1/+9Hopefully this is as big of a success as his last invention, the all-powerful nerd-mobile that is the Segway.
  • davidryal, on 06/30/2009, -0/+8no, but it can run on gonorrhea when you pee
  • MeLikeyTacos, on 06/30/2009, -0/+5Yes, yes they are. All you have to do is provide a source of ignition, and then they will unleash the hellfire from which they were created.
  • kevvvy1, on 06/30/2009, -1/+5Are Jonas Brothers CDs flammable?
  • busybrain, on 06/30/2009, -0/+3Why yes. Yes I do. Thank you PowderedToasty.
  • brad3378, on 06/30/2009, -0/+3I don't know, but I'd like to find out.
  • Tiptup300, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2Humans burn.
  • inactive, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2What about money?
  • Scottamus, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2I thought he was doing this for a car. awesome idea. When you have an electric car anything that can generate electricity can charge it. A simple generator doesn't need to be stuck using only petrol.
  • jerryjamesstone, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2It would be great to see some photos of it...
  • Scottamus, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2running on properly farmed wood is almost by definition carbon neutral
  • Snoogs, on 06/30/2009, -1/+3My mode of transportation runs on my own sense of self worth.
  • Snoogs, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2For the good of the environment, of course.
  • inactive, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2are they ever!
  • ZenMojo, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2Except it wouldn't burn if rubber was involved.
  • Astark, on 06/30/2009, -1/+2This could be the biggest revolution in the transportation industry since the Segway.
  • Schmich, on 06/30/2009, -4/+5Sounds like he misunderstood the whole concept of going green.
  • inactive, on 09/03/2009, -0/+1so if it's just like the segway, it will cost $20,000 and nobody but a few select rich nerds will buy one?
  • Eupatorus, on 06/30/2009, -1/+2You invented a perpetual motion machine!
  • splinter09, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Does it run on weed?
  • graemee, on 06/30/2009, -1/+2For some reason burning rubber seems painful now.
  • marx2k, on 07/02/2009, -0/+1Whoa, most people's SUVs still use gasoline. Pimp!
  • BalooUrsidae, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1The idea here is to bring a hybrid to the greatest number of people. Think India.
  • evdriver, on 07/02/2009, -0/+0Wait... Why is this better compared to a scooter with a battery which plugs into the wall? I appreciate the desire to make electric and hybrid vehicles, but instead of finding ways to repower batteries on the movie (burning things, fuel cells, hydrogen), we should be thinking about making more long lasting batteries, like the high powered NiMH batteries which Chevron owns the patents for and refuses to liscence (because...they...want to sell hydrogen). For more information, check this out: http://www.amazon.com/Two-Cents-per-Mile-President ...
  • DaveAtDigital, on 06/30/2009, -1/+1dugg for Dean Karmen, and dugg for Stirling engines.

    Stirling engine + Fresnel lens = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_AFnW1bZL8
  • seobro, on 07/01/2009, -1/+1Brrrrrrmmmm
  • busybrain, on 06/30/2009, -2/+2A Flux Capacitor. Cool.
  • frysun, on 06/30/2009, -2/+2Would be great for a lawn mower if fresh cut grass would burn.
    I wonder how long until the muffler becomes clogged with sticky rosin.

  • willanthony, on 06/30/2009, -2/+1ever see the movie 'blood car'?
  • DeathToaster, on 06/30/2009, -1/+0What would you suggest?
  • mandarin, on 06/30/2009, -2/+1Doesnt that create more problems ?
  • Pinhedbok, on 06/30/2009, -2/+0Can't wait till people start burning plastic.
  • FredFredrickson, on 06/30/2009, -4/+1...so they (re)invented the steam engine?
  • mimeflu, on 06/30/2009, -4/+0It runs on Vapor Ware- That's what this is. Put it in your pipe and smoke it.
  • Gegner, on 06/30/2009, -7/+1Runs on anything that burns huh? Wood, coal, fecal matter. Sounds great for the environment o.O

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