From A to B

Cars are weird things. After spending quite some time in our car during the past three weeks, I've come to the conclusion that cars are overengineered. The killer application of a car is of course bringing a person from A to B. Why is it then that it takes 1100 kilograms to move 80 kg? This feels overly complex, a bicycle of 20 kg performs the same function only you have to put in some effort yourself. So to remove the effort and add some comfort like a roof, 1000 kg is needed. If this would be halved, then a lot would be gained. The car would most likely be smaller, so it it would take up much less parking space. Because of it light weight it would have less impact on the infrastructure. And since a lot of energy is taken up into accelerating a lighter car would be much more fuel efficient, thus greatly decreasing its carbon footprint.

The things you think about when camping,

Zaaf