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By: Rick

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It all comes down to price, practicality, and ease of use.
It will be judged a failure on 2 of the 3 counts.
Price-wise, it can’t be cheaper than a motor scooter, or less expensive to use. The wealthy Hollywood elite, who are willing to overpay for everything that is green (and can afford to do so), will make us all think we’re destroying the world if we don’t get one as they tool around in theirs. I see Leonardo DiCraprio getting one soon. And Ed Begley. But they can afford to.
Practically, it’s a magnificent idea, as it will free up tremendous space in cities, and will help prevent some degree of pollution. In addition, I can see injuries being reduced as they seem somewhat safer than motor scooters.
Ease of use – I fail to see how the ability to “refill” will be easier or better than pulling into a gas station. In addition, one of the failures of the Segway is the occasional disruption of the natural balance, leading to injuries when people fall. This will have to be fail safe before it can catch on. Still, even if these things are fixed, scooters remain much easier to use and take up much less space.

I think it’s a road that we have to go down, just from the standpoint of choice. Choice is the key to free market capitalism, and we need it in order to be both fair and efficient. But choice will lead to success or failure. While I’m sure the Government, now firmly in control of GM, will ram this down people’s throats, we can hearken back to the Zil, which the Soviets rammed down their people’s throats. It wasn’t really a raging success – except that it was because people had NO choice.


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