Lee Love on tue 18 nov 03
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From: "Larry Kruzan"
> By the time the "K" truck met all the standards it needed to in order to
be
> used here it would weigh 5 times as much and cost $35,000. Then the
little
> 600cc motor would need upgraded to a V6.
You aren't thinking "outside the box." The solution here, instead
of a V6 is tu;robcharging. The "K" trucks are very sturdy, actually.
There is no need to make the car "5 times heavier" for air bags and bumpers.
Just need to change our mindset. We need to create the demand, then the
engineers can do their thing.
> The next problem is that unlike Japan most of the US is open territory and
> farmland, not cities. I do a show in Chicago one weekend, pack up and
drive
> to Kansas City the next (600 miles, I think), followed by Dallas TX the
next
> (600 miles), then back home (1200 miles) how long do think your little "K"
>
Larry, you only read part of my post....
Takubin would be excellent for this. Because they are geared to
it, you can ship many things via their parcel service, including pets!
Tochigi-ken is known for its strawberries. I can send my cousin in Osaka
fresh picked strawberries tonight and she will have them tomorrow by 10am.
The Takubin has a refrigerated service. You can send sashimi across the
country and it will arrived chilled and fresh. And as I mentioned
previously, this is how Shimaoka Sensei sends most of his work to his shows.
Delivery service is much better here, because it is a priority.
It is also possible to rent larger trucks here, including ones
with cranes on them (when I thought I was going to buy a kiln from a friend
in Kasama, I was going to do just this.)
Electric hybrids are very popular here too. Toyota and Honda are
both working on cell fuel cars. I bet you they see them in Japan long
before we see them in America, just because people are aware of their
vulnerability to oil supply and they are open to alternatives..
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
"America needs a line of cars that can get us to work in the morning without
sending us to war in the afternoon,"
Learn more:
http://www.nrdc.org/breakthechain/chained.asp
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