All Blog Posts Tagged 'alternative' (3)

Recently I found myself living with a rental car for a day or so. Nothing interesting there, except for the fact that this car was flex/fuel capable. If you spend anytime at all considering the price of gas and find yourself wondering if there is anything you can do about it besides just bending over and taking it, I have some good news for you, sort of. Ethanol is back!What does that mean? It means that the engine is capable of running on wither regular,…

Like it or not, the price of gasoline isn't likely to go anywhere but up in the foreseeable future. This in and of itself isn't news. The real debate is over how we are going to race them.

If you are an old fart like me, you may remember the wedge shaped glorified electric golf carts of the 70's and early 80's. They weren't very practical, but the sure dressed up background of many sci-fi…

The EniCycle.....

A one-wheel Segway?  This is an electrically powered unicycle with the gyroscopes used to keep it upright, much like the Segway.  Should they mass produce this?  (video after the continue link)

EniCycle works like the Segway, but it uses a single wheel versus the dual wheel standup positioning of the Segway.  This makes the EniCycle a good deal more portable than the…