A step in the wrong direction...

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/foamy/

"People either love Crocs, those ubiquitous rubber clogs that come in dayglo colors, or hate them. We suspect people will feel the same way about the Croc-inspired Spira foam car said to deliver 100 mpg and a top speed of 70 mph."



How is 100mpg a step in the wrong direction you ask? Look at the picture. No one is going to want to drive that, and even if they do, they'll never feel safe.

However, as a motorcyclist, I'm more exposed than I would be in this car (or am I? on a bike I could at least be tossed out of the way...), so my position seems hypocritical.

What about this: we are trying to solve the oil problem by creating more efficient dinosaur burners, when we need to start looking towards alternative energy instead.


So, what's the pros to this little guy? meh, not much. You can get close to that many MPG's on a small motorbike. You can get more safety out of a small honda/toyota/hyundai...and get damn good mileage (and haul more poeple/stuff too to balance out the loss of mpg's). Oh, it's something no one else has, but so are yugos.


out.

grant and I had some fun today