Too many of our cars are only carrying one person. The amount of energy that goes into actually moving the driver is very little, less than 1% of the energy is used to carry the driver (wish I could find the source), which means, 99% of the energy going into our fuel tanks goes into:
- heat production
- friction with the road
- friction in the transmission
- friction in the engine
- air resistance
- force to move the weight of the car
If you can get past the lame image of the Segway and think about it's merits, it makes sense that it really could change how we get to the office, store, park, coffee shop. Definitely worth purchasing one for personal urban transportation.
"Segway sighting, Mexico City!!"
