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The Human Car: Street Legal Mass Transport Flintstones-Style |
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| By Michael d'Estries in Green Living, Travel | January 24, 2007 | ||
I always appreciated the efforts of Barney and Fred in The Flintstones to push around their apparently heave stone vehicles with only their legs for power. And let’s get one thing straight, regardless of Fred’s eating habits, the guy must have been in excellent shape.
These days, we’re all fat-fat-fattys in our vehicles, relying on millions of years of ‘ancient sunglight’ to get us to our destinations. Sure, we can bike it, but if you’ve got a family to move, biking sometimes isn’t the safest option. Enter The Human Powered Car. This street-legal four passenger vehicle relies on human energy (think: rowing machine exercise) to get you where you’re going. Apparently, there is also a human/electric hybrid available, which would dramatically help in those steep up-hill climbs. Priced at $7K, the company has 750 units available for this year. Take a look at the video below for more details. Your legs might not look like Fred’s after using this ‘car’, but you arms may look more like Arnold’s.
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[...] After reading Michael’s recent story about the Human Powered Car I was reminded that there are also many other types of pedal powered vehicles available to reduce your need for a dinosaur powered car if you are so inclined. Rhoades Car makes a fun design that features utility. They also make a utility truck of sorts called the go-boy. Also, don’t forget about the possibility of using a velomobile. Even using a regular bike and the Xtracycle Bicycle System together allows for human power to replace a lot of things we currently use dinos for. And if you teamed up one of these products with a strokemonkey kit you’d have a power assist for hills and to achieve higher speeds while on the road. I’m glad there are so many people thinking out of the box to address our transportation options. [...]