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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary

A car small enough to alter your relationship with the city.

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008 09:46 PM

    What did I miss?

    So, let me get this straight. This car gets low fuel mileage, performs poorly and its only advantage is ease of parking in a dense urban area. However, one would be hard pressed to find a dense urban area where a car is necessary, so why would any rational person buy one? Especially when we have maybe twenty years to reduce our emissions in this country by 80-90% or face a very high probability of irreversible climate change tipping points being passed, purchasing a steel wheelchair seems positively insane.

    If you want to look cute, get fit by getting out of the fossil-fool powered wheelchair mindset and move your hindquarters with your own muscle power. There really is no such thing as a sustainable car.

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