Posted on 10/15/2017 6:12:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It’s “been done”
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_white_bicycle_revolution
THE WHIMSICAL ANARCHISM OF THE WHITE BICYCLE REVOLUTION
In the summer of 1965, Dutch designer and political activist Luud Schimmelpennink suggested a simple radical scheme that would eventually change the world. Schimmelpennink had an idea for creating a more sustainable environment by giving away free bicycles for communal use in Amsterdam’s city center. The suggestion was called the “White Bicycle Plan” and was part of a series of “White Plans” devised by the Dutch anarchist group Provo.
Provo is a Dutch word for “young trouble-maker” and was considered an appropriate name for a group of young anarchists to carry out political “happenings” and stunts that were inspired as much by DADA as by Herbert Marcuse. Provo was formed by artist and anti-smoking campaigner Robert Jasper Grootveld, writer and anarchist Roel van Duijn and activist Rob Stolk in May 1965. Their motivation, they explained, was to fight back against capitalist society that was “poisoning itself with a morbid thirst for money,” where its citizens were “being brought up to worship Having and despise Being.”
...In 1965, Provo announced their plan to stop all personal motorized transport within Amsterdam, making the streets safe for the public and only accessible by walking, cycling or public transport. Provo presented their proposal to the municipal authorities, suggesting that they should buy 20,000 white bicycles every year giving them away free for public use. This proposal was rejected by the local politicians. Provo then decided to supply 50 free bicycles themselves—this was the “Witte Fietsenplan” or “White Bicycle Plan.”
However, as soon as these 50 white bicycles were made freely available they were impounded by the police on the grounds the bikes were not “lockable.” Apparently, all bikes in Amsterdam at that time had to be lockable. Undeterred by the police actions, Provo waited until the bikes were returned and they then fitted each bike with a simple combination lock with the number painted on the bike’s frame. Of course, some of the bikes were stolen, but the White Bicycle revolution had begun.
Provo’s ideas may seem obvious to us today, but in the 1960s, they were considered radical, threatening and dangerous to society. This was the start of a bicycle revolution that has spread across many European countries today, with bikes being readily (and often freely) available for use. In 2010, Glasgow-based art collective NVA launched a new “White Bicycle Plan” donating 50 bikes for use across the city...
And even today Leftists are pushing this in cities. Houston “rents” bicycles around town and there are calls to close Westheimer to motor traffic and make it a market square.
>>How is Uber different from calling a cab?
There isn’t the investment in taxi medallions or licenses.
Time has come to lift the restrictions on access to the marketplace for those who want to drive a car for pay.
Ubering the world would continue to nickel and dime consumers.
Much more expensive to hire a car each way whenever you want to go someplace. And now Uber accepts/requires tips (since the drivers can rate customers, you’d best comply).
And I have a 35 mile commute each way to work. I guess I’d have to move or get a new job.
Maybe so, but how much is your freedom worth to you?
It's worth a **** of a lot to me.
It's easy to charge cells in parallel. The problem is keeping the battery from catching on fire when you do that.
Didn't this loser keep the White House colder than 72 degrees?
Didn't this loser fly his butt and moochelle's on different planes?
Oh no, no F1, Indycar or NASCAR races? No, thanks...I think autos will be around..
Good point. Their are 15 to 20 batteries claiming they have the solution and taking in VC money or are internally funded. Of this group many are in the "solid state battery" space, were the electrolyte is supplanted with a permeable membrane. With the membrane, they are also claiming no the risk of fire from "dentryting" (Li creating mountain ranges under a microscope and causing the fire problem ) they can go to pure Lithium vs the Li-Ion mixture which I believe is diluted w/ graphite. With the pure Li, they can then up the energy densities....
Uh yeah, I can expect exactly that, assuming I can pay for it and that foreigner doesn’t want a poke in the booger cage for sticking it into other people’s business.
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