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87 comments on The Tata Nano Strikes Back--Does Jevons' Paradox Apply to Productivity, Too?

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oregon7 on February 5, 2008 - 5:14pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

And then there are those efforts to create two wheel enclosed motorcycles with retractable landing gear, from the Monotrace Cabriolet of 1925

to the "ecomobile"...

http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0501/30/autos-73731.htm

... with a number of variants in between.

I always liked the idea of a retractable wheel motorcycle, although frankly I'd be terrified to drive one.

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Will Stewart on February 5, 2008 - 5:24pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The Eco-Mobile is interesting, but at 1200cc and $80,000, it's a bit of an overkill.

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oregon7 on February 5, 2008 - 5:46pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

oh, I agree... it's absurd. (But cool!)

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Will Stewart on February 5, 2008 - 10:28pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

And that Montrace Cabriolet was an excellent find.

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