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- GorfTron, on 07/11/2009, -2/+18Next, the professor needs to make a coconut bio-diesel boat to get us off this island.
- prateeko, on 07/11/2009, -0/+12This is all well and fine until you run into a hungry Panda
- alexacastrato, on 07/11/2009, -1/+12Woo! Talk about a party bus.
- adventureindia, on 07/11/2009, -3/+14This is interesting...i think use of these type of taxis can help to protect our nature and environment.
- NoamChimpsky, on 07/11/2009, -0/+11So, the mayor of a third world town went ahead and commissioned a 20 passenger vehicle that runs for 8 hours on one gallon of locally producible fuel, and Detroit can't build a 30 mpg sedan? This is why if even a fraction of the money pocketed by the oil monopolies went to real research and development for real transportation solutions, we'd be off the oily tit for good. [Which is exactly why it hasn't happened.]
- techtock, on 07/11/2009, -0/+8Like this: http://www.payvand.com/news/07/dec/Family-on-motor ...
- netgoons, on 07/11/2009, -0/+7This is awesome. I just love the first vehicle. Some thing really attractive to put into use in Resorts. More over the eco friendly tags is going to get u some real bucks. Brilliant
- inactive, on 07/11/2009, -0/+6Something tells me bamboo cars running on coconut oil will never take off in the US.
- diggerine, on 07/11/2009, -0/+6You know those motorcycles with sidecars that fit 1 passenger only?
Well, in the Philippines they make the sidecar a cabin, roof-covered and 4 times bigger, with back to back benches in the sidecar, each bench tightly seating 2 people (Filipinos are generally smaller and thinner than Westerners). That's 4 passengers. The 5th passenger, and sometimes a 6th (if both are small) then sit sideways behind the driver, holding on to the metal railing of the cab roof that extends over both the sidecar and the motorcycle itself.
This kind of transportation vehicle, that by the way delivers you directly to the doorstep of your destination, is called a tricycle in the Philippines (because of the 1 wheel of the sidecar, plus the 2 wheels of the motorcycle itself). It is the Philippine equivalent of a motorized rickshaw.
Here is a link to pictures that illustrate the Philippine tricycle and how many people can ride in it. It can be a fun ride, especially if you are sitting behind the driver (or in extreme cases, on top of the sidecab's roof). Can be very cramped in the sidecab though.
http://www.silent-gardens.com/tri.php - NoamChimpsky, on 07/11/2009, -0/+5Jesus Christ, what kind of backseat do those motorcycles have?
Also, 2-stroke engine? - rockhounding, on 07/11/2009, -2/+7"coconut biodiesel"
Great using more food sources as fuel. Haven't we learned from corn that it's not the way to go? - NoamChimpsky, on 07/11/2009, -0/+4I don't want a bamboo sedan. But, something that gets more than 14 mpg might be nice.
Also, my last Chevy lasted about a season or two before disintegrating, so what's your point? - DifferentAngle, on 07/11/2009, -0/+4...how do you fit 5 on a motorcycle...?
- Type100N74STX2, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3The second one has two giant blind spots.
- womweasel, on 07/11/2009, -3/+5"Balderian designed the taxis as a replacement to the dominant--and dangerous--form of transportation in town, the motorcycle. Five or six people sometimes cram onto a single motorcycle."
While some locals welcome the new bamboo transportation, there is strong negative reaction in some quarters because the new trucks may replace motorcycles.
Said one local resident, "I met my wife on a motorcycle and so they have a strong symbolic meaning for me. I know many other men feel the same way."
Remarked another villager, "I conceived my first and third child while riding a motorcycle between villages. If these new trucks take over, the next generation will never have that kind of experience." - Bozodog, on 07/11/2009, -1/+3"100% of the worlds population outside of usa it seems"?
"The number of skeptics is swelling everywhere. A growing number of Australian politicians, scientists and citizens once again doubt the science of human-caused global warming. In April, the Polish Academy of Sciences published a document challenging man-made global warming. In the Czech Republic ... today only 11% of the population believes humans play a role. In France ... [the geochemist] Claude Allegre [who] twenty years ago ... was among the first to trill about man-made global warming ... has since recanted. New Zealand last year ... suspended the country's weeks-old cap-and-trade program. [There are] now more than 700 scientists who disagree with the U.N. -- 13 times the number who authored the U.N.'s 2007 climate summary for policymakers."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597505076157449 ...
Show me the proof of your claim, Rudegar. - michaelrsa, on 07/11/2009, -1/+3Why not just do what Bedrock does and use cars that use bipedal locomotion?
- okidda, on 07/11/2009, -4/+6kewl... but why is all this coming on so late and slowly... we need immediate steps to stop pollution and save resources... cant we at digg do something here... I mean promotions etc to plans trees... etc
- fury420, on 07/11/2009, -1/+3to be fair it is a hybrid between a vehicle and a grass mat...
I doubt one could drive it in bad weather, nor does it seem like it would last more than a season or two before it disintegrates - GiggleStick, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2Genius!
- rif42, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2Indeed, without further detailed information I cannot believe that number.
- Pillage, on 07/11/2009, -1/+3Yet they can't fix a whole in the damn boat.
- endersgal, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2If it can run off of a gallon of fuel for 8 hours, they probably aren't driving very far...
- IMustBeEmo, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2That's great except US automakers already build cars that are less safe than this.
- jasorn, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1You sure there aren't already enough people in the world?
- NoamChimpsky, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmbL5G8rJY&fea ...
- danreeves, on 07/11/2009, -1/+2"Both vehicles are locally made--bamboo is indigenous to the Philippines, and local youth help with car production."
We all know what "local youth help with car production" really means... - IMustBeEmo, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1@fury420, sounds like my old Ford
- blackcloud333, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1I felt moderately bad for laughing at your post.
- NoamChimpsky, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1Who is driving?!
Oh my god, Bear is driving!!
How can that be?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QliI9ZRUIKg - GiggleStick, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1I'll just wait for the Bimbo taxi instead, thanks.
- fuzzybeard, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1I wonder if the exhaust smells like a popcorn popper?
- crimsonc, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1It's a brilliant concept, I mean sure the bamboo would disintigrate eventually but how expensive is it going to be to replace it? Answer: vritually nothing.
Obviously it wouldn't work in the US or most of europe but it WILL work in those sorts of climits and there's no reason why all cars should be built ot a similar blueprint. Whatever works best in each country would surely be best? - dafragsta, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1Nothing like tasty human cooked on bamboo, sauteed in coconut diesel I always say. Meals on wheels.
- dafragsta, on 07/11/2009, -1/+2Seriously, how ***** hard is it to do a regex to count the URLs in a post and if x is greater than say, 20, deny the post, log it, and warn them that they are going to be investigated as a spammer and give them a chance to explain their actions in a form field before you ban their ass.
- nelsenbrazill, on 07/11/2009, -1/+1wait... why can't they umm "have experiences" in these taxis?
also, If they fit 5 on a motorcycle, how many do you think they can fit in a vehicle that's meant to seat that many???? - natantia, on 07/23/2009, -0/+0dont forget to consider that there is always alternate ways for solutions! how could u got an idea about i would like to remain in new age by my writings???
renewable sources of energy: geothermal; controlled fusion; solar; photovoltaic; wind, wave, and tidal power; and even fuel from the oceans. - womweasel, on 07/11/2009, -1/+1Doing it on a moving motorcycle sandwiched in between 3 complete strangers =/= doing it in the back seat of a bamboo van. What a noob.
- macdady843, on 07/11/2009, -5/+5Coming so late and slowly?? I hope it doesn't take off at all. Why are crazy environmentalists so set on driving us back to the stone age??
I mean I guess there is the made up threat of global warming.. if you're stupid enough to believe it. - FairDinkumMate, on 07/11/2009, -2/+2Please do some research & stop sprouting oil company funded rubbish. The most successful bio-fuel program in the world is in Brazil. More than 90% of new cars sold are flex-fuel, meaning they can run on any combination from 100% gasoline to 100% ethanol. The ethanol is made from sugar(a food crop) which is over 7 times more efficient at producing ethanol than corn. Brazil is now energy independent(most electricity is hydro-electric) & is exporting un-needed oil(soon to grow substantially with the discovery of huge reserves off the coast of Rio de Janeiro).
Even with all that ethanol being produced, more than 40% of Brazil's arable land(& no that doesn't include ANY Amazon land) is unused & available for further food production if & when required. - scamper22, on 07/11/2009, -1/+1something tell me government imposed safety regulations would not allow such cars to even enter the US
- okidda, on 07/19/2009, -0/+0aah so you want to remain in the new age.. wait till people like you along with others like us are forced to take in the futures artificial oxygen...
- natantia, on 07/13/2009, -0/+0the idea and practice seem nice but what about turning on all the farming areas to coconuts fields! this process has yet started in all over the world and supported by WB in developing countries with many projects. this is a devastated stroke for biological diversity of plants and lessen former knowledge for farmers such as animal farms that started to occure many years ago in especially "colonizing"/developing countries. Although that plant is reported not to able to produce nor in Mediteraanean climate neither to similar temperate zones. do you tink we (world) have capacity in our fields to produce enough coconuts for biodiesel?
Should i be happy with that biodiesel experiments??? do you really think something may change with this biodiesel experiments! do you??? - sarcasm, on 07/12/2009, -0/+0Articles like this are great news but so often inaccurate, misleading, or hype something up too much.
FTA..
"Balderian's ECO taxis provide a cheap alternative for townspeople...."
"Next up: a third ECO taxi to wander the streets..."
So...does that mean that currently these things do NOT provide a cheap alternative for townspeople, because they are not yet in use? So it should say "will provide"... Apparently ECO 1 and ECO 2 are not deployed on the streets, but a taxi would have to be in order to be useful to the citizens. Sounds like ECO 1 and ECO 2 are not models but rather prototypes, and they're going to build a third model to be the production vehicle that will actually drive on the streets and transport people.
So, cool idea, I hope it works out, and this writeup on it sucks. - jagenigma, on 07/12/2009, -1/+0Can someone say Fire?
- Rudegar, on 07/11/2009, -4/+3like 100% of the worlds population outside of usa it seems
and 96% of scientists it seems - 4AntiStupid, on 07/11/2009, -3/+2That Gilligan's Island car would be okay a low speed tourist tram in a remote area. You'd be asking for an early death trying to drive that Manila. It's bad enough just walking too close to the street.
- wpc33, on 07/11/2009, -2/+1Huh?
- spunalot, on 07/11/2009, -1/+0"and local youth help with car production: Oh no who will make my Hanes!
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