Posted by
Andrews on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:39:48 PM
I was watching news this evening and saw a report on Baltimore police adopting Segway scooters. Now, not only are Segway cops the only people less intimidating than bicycle cops, but the other claimed benefit is just absurd.
According to the report, Segways are better than cars because they run on electricity and are better for the environment. Are environmentalists really that dense? This is not the first time I have heard such absurd claims, but it still floors me. Where do they think electricity comes from? Here on the east coast, we do have a few aging nuclear plants, but, for the most part, electricity comes form coal. So that "clean" electricity is generated by burning "dirty" coal.
If this is the state of "environmental science" I have to look even more closely at their claims.