<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Dear all,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I don’t think we have to be so negative to these things. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toyota</st1:City></st1:place> foresees a future that much everyone wants to have. I find nothing wrong with that. Yes, it might be a little utopian, but most dreams and visions are. If we are pessimists and don’t believe then we have already lost. I do share your frustrations and cynicism sometimes but the idealist part in me says I believe…here’s to a happy week ahead to everyone!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Cheers,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jojo <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Ps. Sunny has some interesting and valid points. And yes, there are ways to convert existing ICEs to run on hydrogen. Arnold Schwarzeneger’s (did I get his name right?) Hummer is a hydrogen convert.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+cvegjl=nus.edu.sg@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+cvegjl=nus.edu.sg@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Ashok Sreenivas Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 3:40 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport</st1:PersonName> Subject: [sustran] Re: <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toyota</st1:place></st1:City> forsees accident proof car<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> I think the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toyota</st1:place></st1:City> claim defeats itself. It claims that it will run pollution-free on open roads free of congestion. And where are we going to get such roads? Perhaps <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toyota</st1:place></st1:City> also needs to invent technology to colonize outer space :) Ashok Sunny wrote: <o:p></o:p> <pre wrap=""><a href="http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=268160&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/">www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=268160&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>This above website leads to a post that <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toyota</st1:place></st1:City> is planning for a future <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>car that has a non polluting engine powered by hydrogen, running on open <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>roads free of congestion.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Do innovative technologies like this solve the problems caused by cars? <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and when is the time that the developing countries foster the new <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>technologies?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I feel that the innovative technologies are not going to correct the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>problems caused by the cars. Yes, they might address the problem of the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>air pollution but how many new non polluting cars are required to <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>replace the old cars? and what will happen to the old cars? will they be <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>tipped or recycled?. Even though a country manages to buy the new fuel <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>efficient cars, the old inefficient cars usually end up in the third <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>world due to financial reasons..still doing their polluting job but at a <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>different place.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>In my opinion I feel that, the more a city restricts the use of car and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>more it encourages public transit or mass transit the easier the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>environmental and social problems can be addressed.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Sunny<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>P.S: It can be found on the link that US is advanced than <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>field of Fuel Cells  but I wonder how many cars are running on fuel <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cells. If there is a technology that can convert the existing cars to <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>fuel cells or hydrogen powered then it would be a better choice than <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>buying a new car.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>================================================================<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). Because of the history of the list, the main focus is on urban transport policy in <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>  <o:p></o:p></pre></div> </body> </html>