Rickshaws against global warming!

David Goos, Orlando Florida — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:23:08 GMT

If you've ever been driven around Delhi or Bombay you've seen these Rickshaw’s pedal away. You've also seen drivers go out of their way to run these small business owners off the road. India is a country without any traffic policing so to hear that not only the "traffic police" are against these rickshaws but also that there is a "traffic police" is surprising.
These types of transportation make sense for these locations and should be used more, instead of less, to cut down on the pollution the taxi's produce.
Imagine NYC without loud cars and trucks... it would be a lot healthier and enjoyable place to live and visit.

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Rick — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:39:55 GMT

Rick-shaw, cool name. David slew Goliath with a simple rock and sling, then embraced the latest technology known to man at the time, iron. Goliath=global warming. Rock and sling=rickshaw. Latest technology=solution. Would be cool if all cities had rickshaw lanes.

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don dempsey, timberville, va — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:08:58 GMT

great idea to have those guys in every city. fresh air, good exercise, no gas emissions

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Providence, RI — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:21:13 GMT

I wanted to say that the translation of the words "rickshaw wallahs" is "of the rickshaws." Because of this you cannot use the word "wallahs" as a noun alone because the word "wallah" is essentially a preposition, equal to the English word "of". No one in India uses just the term "wallahs" without the preceding word (i.e rickshaw wallah). Just wanted to clarify for Mr. Williams.

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Raj — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:28:18 GMT

I think its time India re-visits its policy. Because of the rising middle class everyone is buying cars instead of motor cycles and thus increasing the traffic and pollution. I think the old days were good when people used to use horse carts from train station to their destination.

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Ranjit Kahlon, Brampton (ON) Canada — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:31:31 GMT

I agree with Mr.Willam.Dehli(India)Govt. should ban
moter Vehicle instead of Cycle-Rckshaw, to reduse pollution and un-employment.Why only India,why motor
vehicle should not be banned from all the big cities
of the World like,Toronto,Newyork etc. It will help to
to reduse lot of pollution and create thousands new jobs. Driving Cycle -Rickshaw is not in-Humane. It is just a job like any other work.Yes any thing is in-humane when we force some one to do something which
he or she don't want to do.I don't know some people
call it in-humane.But these very people never call it
in-humane, when some criminal kill 10 innocent people.
But these people call it in-humane when we Hang them for this crime

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Amit, Sacramento, CA — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:35:45 GMT

Good for them! They're right, in some parts of crowded cities like Calcutta and Delhi, the rickshaws are much more efficient than cars, and even the little auto-rickshaws. Long term, the battle for the air will be won from the ground up, especially in China and India - you can't really mandate it - there are too many people.

BTW, "wallah" is a generic term that gets added to other nouns to describe a specific occupation, much like police-man, post-man, etc, so you can't abbreviate rickshaw-wallah to wallah without losing the meaning...(picky, I know)

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sajid Rafique ,Sugar Land Texas — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:43:04 GMT

Try it in my city of Houston...Here, u need a basic car just to survie...It is much worse than New York which has subways and buses...This country has become a giant whose appetite for fossil fuel will become the cause of its own de*th..

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Lynda Moore — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:45:35 GMT

Considering India's over population & polution, it seems mighty short-sighted of the country.

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cdugga — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:56:07 GMT

Bikes and rickshaws cannot really share main roads with cars and motorcycles but as a bike rider it would be a good idea to provide lanes for them. Where lanes are provided their use would increase while reducing traffic congestion, pollution and oil use.

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John Knapp Dixon,Illinois — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:08:43 GMT

In America we need to learn the words rickshaw, bycycle, and mopeds! I remember the absolute charm of Danang in the late 1960's

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Julian Gorski, Normal, Illinois — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:12:15 GMT

The rickshaw operators in America are facing some of the same problems as the rickshaw operators of India. So, the negative comments about India can look closer to home.

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Shanti Modi, Astoria, New York. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:14:25 GMT

Banning Rickshaws is in fact inhumane, think of these hard working people losing their livelyhood,
besides allowing more cars to replace them, and
increasing pollution. The govt should be more
considerate and Humane. Let the working men earn
their hard earned money..and set an example of
justice and anti-pollution..

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Ryan Waxx, Bethlehem PA — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:59:05 GMT

Has anyone considered that it takes fuel to run a rickshaw, just like it takes fuel to run a car?

Growing and transporting food to the driver isn't free, people. Meanwhile he could have been doing something productive.

Going to a mass-rickshaw system would warm the globe more (assuming of course that manmade GW is signifigant) than not doing so.

Inefficiency has its costs... don't pretend that just because you can't tie it to a corporation that that cost doesn't exist.

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Clayton, Dayton, Ohip — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:12:31 GMT

This situation puts me in mind to the air pollution situation in Shanghai. Not only industrial pollution, but automotive (and I don't think these cars comply with any air pollution requirements or have the technology that is in use in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, etc). Bicycles in China are being replaced with dirty cars.

Here's to the cities such as London, who are incorporating the pedicab into their society. Unlike the comment by the Dehli police, the bicycle rickshaw is part a modern city - modern, progressive city.

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nick — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:35:13 GMT

so what moron? if he doesn't drive the rickshaw he will stop eating? sometimes i read these comments just to feel better about myself. you make it so easy.

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I said it, San Jose CA — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:50:22 GMT

Ryan Waxx,
Regardless of whether a Riskshaw Wallah is riding people around a city or doing "something productive," he must eat. I don't see your point.

On another note a city in Italy recently banned garbage trucks in favor of donkeys to take out the trash. This was a conscious envirnmental effort on the part of the city. Unfortunately in the US I think we would break the donkeys' backs with our excessive waste. Cheers.

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AL ZAHNTER RUSSELL,KANSAS — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:50:36 GMT

Now that your on the subject. What about all the leaky homes or shacks that are not fuel effient. a dripping faucet, not enough insulation,bad heating systems,broken glass,leaky door seals. There are just numerous things that are causing what is called GLOBAL WARMING. Automobiles are not just the problem here. Electrical power plants which could be wind generators. (LORD I WISHED I HAD ONE) Get rid of the old light bulbs and go to the florecent bulbs all over your house. Put the money back in your pocket. I can go on and on with this subject. I not blowing my horn but im working on all of this at my house.If I can do it after being paralized (3) times you can too. NO more excuses please or bleeding hearts. I cant make this change by myself. Its going to take everybody.

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DZ, Versailles, KY — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:54:45 GMT

Think about it. How much methane - let alone CO2 - does each person produce per day? Multiply this by the billions of people passing gas constantly on Earth and you'll see that human flatulence is just another significant part of the equation... Added to termites, cattle, rice paddies and rickshaw drivers and their passengers. The "hockey-stick" curve also mimicks the human population explosion, does it not? Demetrio Zourarakis, PhD

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Amar — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:13:11 GMT

I agree with Ryan Waxx. The writer completely missed to mention the plight of these rickshaw pullers. They earn very meager amounts for their livelihoods. I know taking them off the roads without alternate jobs would put their families in more misery. But, by not helping them and their kids with proper education and training to be more skilled and to earn better livelihood, we are not maximizing their potential for themselves, their next generations and the mankind overall. Lets find better means to fight global warming, then to leave our fellow people to live like this.

I personally feel that article is on a useless point. Rather, the writes should have spend more time to analyze on how these people could be helped out of this situation.

One more thing... there are no rickshaw wallahs in Bombay.

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Ash — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:15:10 GMT

Ryan Waxx,

What do you mean by "Growing and transporting food to the driver isn't free"? If they do something else, they won't eat? Rickshaws are not inefficient, in fact, they could be the only means of getting through some narrow lanes.

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Bernard, San Carlos, CA — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:15:27 GMT

In Jakarta, Indonesia, in early 80's the city government started banning the rickshaw (similar to the Delhi's except the pedal is at rear). It encountered fierce resistance but the rickshaw was eventually banned to nearly non existence. The government formal reasons: rickshaw was inhuman, and hazardoud to traffic hence not suitable to modern traffic management.

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joe, denver co — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:37 GMT

Unfortunately it seems as though cars cause people to become angry and impatient. Its ridiculous for a driver to give up a few seconds to overtake a lowly bicycle!!!! I really don't understand where all of this hostility comes from, but it appears to be universal across developed/developing nations.

Everything uses energy. A bicycle is on the order of 100x as efficient as an automobile. Ride a 30lb bike a half mile and then try pushing a 4000lb car that same route. I bet you will be more tired and have used more energy getting that car from point a to point b.

I might add that bicycle travel in congested cities is usually faster than by car. These rickshaw restrictions seem counterproductive

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David Powell Ocean City New Jersey — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:46:36 GMT

Yeah! Making human beings run and pull rickshaws till their legs break down and they are injured is much better for the environment and much more humane than drilling a couple acres is Alaska no one is gonna notice anyway! Much more humane and makes a lot more sense! Say do those rickshaw runners do 20 mile runs for commuting workers? Will they have relay shifts like the Pony express? Better get up early for those commutes at under 10 MPH! What a joke! What's next, "Eco Conscious" foot binding? "Low Emissions" Suttee?

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John, London — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:48:50 GMT

Ryan Waxx,

how do you make that assumption that mass-rickshaw system would warm the globe more? People would have to eat regardless of whether they were transporting people on a rickshaw.

Your commentary assumes that these people would not eat otherwise. Plus, who is to say 'he could be doing something more productive' - what is wrong with being a 'taxi' driver - albeit an alternative form.

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MH, Austin, TX — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:58:22 GMT

Mr Waxx...

You think feeding all the people that sit in their taxi's cars all day doesn't have the same associated food growing and transportation impact as feeding a bunch of rickshaw drivers?? Can you be any more out of touch or unwilling to entertain another idea besides driving everywhere?

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David H., Dallas, TX — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:19:35 GMT

The human body is an amazingly efficient engine, which coupled with a bicycle should contribute much less to global warming than an internal combustion engine hauling around two people, especially if the operator is a vegetarian! Extra especially in slow, congested traffic! Imagine the rickshaw driver needing a radiator and fan to get rid of all that excess heat. And the exhaust gases are (usually) much less dangerous...

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Bonnie Jean. Harpswell, Maine — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:32:39 GMT

Mr. Waxx, Food is grown and transported to people who drive a 1/4mile to the convience store also. And I would believe that the rickshaw operators earn far less than people who have cars so I believe they are being productive transporting other people for more hours in the day than someone using a car. The energy they expend probably keeps them as slim as myself, as they are earning their meager living. How often have you seen someone grossly overweight getting out of their gas-guzzling SUV, to have their third meal of the day at an all-you-can-eat buffet. They'll have a diet coke with that. LOL. Everyone has to eat at least once a day, so I don't see how you can say that because these people need to eat, that they are helping to pollute the world. I'd love to look at your life and see how you contribute the this planet's misery.

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Green Wallah — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:49:42 GMT

My Dear Waxx:
Growing and transporting food must be done anyway, unless you want humans to starve. There is no need to feed a car with fuel, if a less environmentally harmful method of transport can be found. Internal combustion engine vehichles are actually less efficient in high traffic environments than other vehicles (rickshaws for example). A rickshaw isn't giving off toxic fumes while it is stalled in traffic, unless you count the sweat stink coming off the poor rickshaw wallah that powers it.

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Bri — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:39:47 GMT

Yea rickshaws for the USA-- put the homeless and illegals to work!

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Melissa, Broomfield, CO — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:12:31 GMT

And the award for most idiotic argument of the day goes to Mr. Waxx of PA:

"Has anyone considered that it takes fuel to run a rickshaw, just like it takes fuel to run a car?

Growing and transporting food to the driver isn't free, people. Meanwhile he could have been doing something productive.

Going to a mass-rickshaw system would warm the globe more (assuming of course that manmade GW is signifigant) than not doing so."

All I can figure is that he thinks we should not feed the rickshaw drivers, and when they die of starvation, there will be less of an impact on the earth because fewer taxi drivers can serve more passengers because they drive faster...?? Or does he think people will just walk instead? Hmm, perhaps I'm trying to ascribe some sort of logic where there is in fact NONE.

I consider transporting people via a non-polluting transportation system to be VERY productive. Walking is not an option for many.

I'm sure Mr. Waxx owns neither car nor bicycle, and never uses a bus or subway or train or plane. He just has the innate ability to fly to his destination!!

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David, West Hollywood, CA — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:14:33 GMT

These drivers would still have to eat, regardless of what their occupations might be. They no doubt patronise small vendors in the various parts of their cities, thereby spreading prosperity to those who will most benefit.

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Anonymous, Pittsburgh, PA — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:47:42 GMT

So it's interesting how a few years ago the argument was that it is inhumane to ride a rickshaw. These people are earning a livelihood, yes, but it is a backbreaking one, and the ones riding the rickshaws contribute to that backbreaking. That was the argument. But today, with global warming in the picture, it is now inhumane to not want to have rickshaws in the cities. What about the gold old-fashioned argument that people should ride bikes on their own? Maybe "smart auto-rickshaws" are the solution. Who knows. And as for the livelihood argument, India is ready for a change- and the life of a rickshaw-wallah is not a fantastic one. With the way India's economy is booming, it should focus a bit more attention on its infrastructure and employment opportunities for the masses rather than trying to maintain any type of status quo.
On a final note, there is an interesting parallel between the rickshaw drivers 'environmental' arguments and the NYC taxi drivers 'privacy' arguments. And, by the way, NYC is pretty quiet nowadays- you get fined a lot of money just for honking your horn in certain places.

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Matt, Marshall, MI — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:46:06 GMT

Do you think the local government would think differantly of these Rikshaws if their owners tricked them out? Maybe some rims or some 24's in the back?

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richard halberg, New York City — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:50:11 GMT

one of the messages spoke of the rick-shaws clogging the road. We now have them in New York. I dislike them for the reason that I believe them to be acceptance of slave labor. Two problems - slaves have to eat, and in New York, transportation is at the choking point. the problem is too many people. Wars are not doing the job, medicine is curing too many. This is the age of the condom!

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Rajesh Parikh — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:05:12 GMT

Instead of banning the ecofriendly humble and value for money rickshaws, govt. should ban fancy suv's and sedans guzzling petrol and returning paltry single digit fuel effciency. Infact all of these big automobile companies should be forced to manufacture only the vehicles giving atleast a double digit fuel efficiency figure. This applies not only to India but the whole world.

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Sonali, Boston MA — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:25:26 GMT

Rickshaws are a great idea thats hundreds of years old
there are no gas emissions and you are paying the person who takes you around just like a taxi

there is absolutely nothing wrong with hard labor

the ban on rickshaws never worked in India because it gave so many jobs to people and quick easy transportation

plus they are so much fun to ride! much more fun than a car or a motorcycle

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mh — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:25:58 GMT

it is for R.X,Bethlehem,
You are not fully informed about rickshaw, it is
trycycle paddled by a person like cycle. it does not take anykind of fuel. Meal tranportation is also not
there because rickshaw wallah carry home made food with them which is very common in india as more than 90% of the working or non working population eat home made food. Need of the time is to regulate the traffic rules and implementing autorities should behave like a human being not like a dictator

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Jessica, Denver — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:47:10 GMT

I like the idea of having rickshaws (or pedicabs) in all major cities. But it seems like it would be a seasonal occupation (and pollution solution) only in the spring and summer in temperate and northern regions of our planet. Imagine trying to pedal a rickshaw through a foot of snow! I suppose someone could always try dog-sled taxis, but then PETA would probably complain . . .

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Janice Kashyap, Prescott Valley, Az — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:45:59 GMT

Having spent a few years in India, I can tell you that it is a healthy form of transportation, except for the fumes from the taxies you inhale. More importantly it provides income for many families that is passed on from generation to generation. Cost of a rickshaw in American dollars? $150. Not bad to feed a family and save the planet from pollution.

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Shamsuddin Peara — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:14:07 GMT

While the western world is encouraging their citizens to ride bicycles as a no-pollution vehicle, one country that uses the power of the government to get rid of such vehicles , is Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is the only country in the world that has millions of rickshaws that are used as a popular mode of public transport. In addition to being a non-polluting vehicle rickshaws provide livelihood for several million families. In Dhaka, the capital, there are more than 500,000 rickshaws with which 1 million people earn daily bread for 5 million people.
Governments over the last two decades, including the army-backed present one, have been restricting movement of rickshaws in this city of 12 million. The government plans to phase out rickshaws by 2015. What an irony!
The developed and civilised world is trying to revive the non-polluting bicycles while those underdeveloped ones that already have such vehicles plying their roads for centuries are trying to throw them out of the roads to make room for dangerously polluting automobiles.

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Shamsuddin Peara, Dhaka, Bangladesh — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:29:11 GMT

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jg — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:44:34 GMT

I think it would be a good idea for us to embrace the pedi-cabs, rickshaws or whatever you want to call them. We should require our government officials to use them to support a cleaner environment.
If we (in the USA) want to view ourselves as Responsible World Citizens, lets do it in a positive way.

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Mohan, Lomita California — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:54:27 GMT

All Indian cities,big and small, should ban all types of motorised vehicles with in the periphery.Only Rickshaws should be allowed.

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Amar Deep — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:11:38 GMT

Sitting in an air-conditioned cabin and posting "productive" blog messages (such as this one) using energy-consuming computers have to be responsible for a lot more of the so-called GW than a rikshaw-wallah and his family surviving on the measly $200 a month.

India consumes the least amount of non-renewable energy per capita than most countries on earth. Rikshaws could be one of the easier solutions the teeming urban cities are seeking. Rikshaw-only zones, for instance, could cut down noise, pollution, wastage and the so-called GW more effectively than the "carbon credits", and keep a good section of the population physically fit.

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Anil Trehan, New Delhi, India — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:25:36 GMT

In any modern city Rickshaws & Automobiles cannot co-exist. It is adding to Delhi's pollution no end. The rickshaws cause bottle necks, slowing the already slow pace of traffic further. Repeated accelerating & braking & driving at 10 m.p.h cannot be eco-friendly. The first victims are the rickshaw pullers themselves as they are bullied off the road, harrassed by the cops, involved in more injury accidents as even fender benders are lethal to them. More importantly they sucking in the polluted air they necessarily have to inhale as they tire in the chaotic traffic they have inadvertantly contributed to create. The speed of the traffic in a city is NOT determined by the fact that even Lamborgini's are being imported, but by the speed of the slowest vehicles on its roads. Sadly, the speed of traffic on Delhi streets is just that (<10 m.p.h.) and will continue to be till 2020 unless the City makes No Rickshaw Zones or No Automobile Zones.

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lee cox — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:51:58 GMT

WE have one in our town, mostly used on weekends in good weather. I hope they keep them and learn about the environment. Nothing special about modernity, soon we may have to return to normality, walk a lot.

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Manfred Fehr, Uberlandia, Brazil — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:31:42 GMT

I have just returned from a conference in Bangalore where the only means of transportation used by conference delegates is the motorized rickshaw. Mind you, it burns fuel, but has no battery. The motor is turned on and off just like that of motor cycle, manually. At every traffic light, yes there are traffic lights in Bangalore, and drivers even obey them, the rickshaw driver turns off the motor and turns it on again when the light opens. At first it is a bit amusing to sit in the rickshaw, you know, dressed with suit and tie for the conference, but soon you get used to this. Summing up: The rickshaws in Bangalore burn fossil fuel, yes, but burn probably much less than cars and only occupy half the space of a car on the street. And they are everywhere. No need to wait or phone. I do not know how to get around Bangalore without them. Sorry.

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TK, Detroit, MI — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:05:52 GMT

Think about what you are saying. Rickshaws in the U.S.? Are you kidding me? More jobs for the illegals?The majority of people who work in a major city do not live in that major city. So what are you going to do? Drive your car an average of 38.6 mles into the city and then take a rickshaw to your office? Will you mandate that ALL who work in the city must live in the city? That's the only way this goofy idea will work. Oh yeah, they don't get an average snowfall of 52 inches a year either. Rickshaws with studded tires. Brilliant!

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Akhilesh Jha, Faridabad, India, for a while in CoteDivore — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:10:32 GMT

I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE BICYCLES TO BE PROMOTED FOR COMMUTING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIKE iNDIA. WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH TRADE DEFICIT JUST BECAUSE OF IMPORTING ALL KIND OF FUELS, WE NEED TO THINK SERIOUSLY ON THIS. WE SHOULD ALSO RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO USE THESE RIKSHWAS AND BICYCLES, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW IN INDIA. IN FACT, SOME ROADS SHOULD BE BANNED FOR ANY OTHER VEHICLES, BUT THE RIKSHAWS AND BICYCLES. DELHI METRO, WHICH IS A BIG HIT IN INDIA IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT, IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THESE BICYCLES FOR ITS COMMUTERS. LETS HOPE THESE INITIATIVES BRINGS BACK GOOD OLD PRACTICES OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.

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Titus Chandy — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:14:32 GMT

would like to mention that in India, there is absolute chaoes on the roads. Vehicles drive thru zig-zag 'imaginary lanes' and truly it's survival of the fittest.In the present state of afairs, since it costs at par with other transport options,these are not a popular choice.Mostly these are used for transporting school children in large groups.Often times, these 'Rickshaw wallahs' become daredevils on the road and criss cross between vehicles which already have other dangers to deal with.Because of the very nature of the occupational hazaed and the polluting hot weather, sadly some of these rickshaw drivers also are'high' either on Marijuana/country liquor. It is probably in cognizance of all these nuances and possible risks that the police authorities want the rickshaws to stay off the busy roads-more on safety consideration. My suggestion would be that a bold step to really make a difference would be to ear-mark busy roads-where traffic is always at snails pace, exclusive for such licensed rickshaws.There should be only two options for commute on these streets-either walk or ride a rickshaw.

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Norman Stott, Lonmont, CO — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:25:28 GMT

If you take hydroxide ions and fill useless lakes around the world with them, it will absorb the co2 out of the atmosphere and change them to carbonate ions which could be used as a fuel when mixed with even common vinegar. Then the parts per million would decrease per molecule of the reaction.