Which should a good "green" citizen choose: a cardboard bike or a hybrid Porsche?
In one corner -- call it the light green one -- we have Israeli inventor Izhar Gafni, who hopes to begin production soon on three models of bicycles made of super-strong cardboard. (The tires are rubber but are recycled from auto tires.)
As The Times reported recently:
Despite being made almost entirely of cardboard, Gafni says the bike is strong, durable, fireproof and waterproof. And because it is made of cardboard, it will also be cheap. Gafni's business partner Nimrod Elmish told Reuters that he expects the bike to sell at retail stores for $20.
Think of it as a bike for the 99%, and not just in the U.S. but, at that price, globally.
In the other corner -- call it the real green one -- we have the new Porsche 918 Spyder, a plug-in hybrid that is able to run on electric power only.
However, it’s still a Porsche, as The Times’ David Undercoffler wrote:
Lest you think Porsche has gone soft while it'...