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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> My fond visions run along those lines.  If there were public  
> transportation
> available at the main highway (US 421) six miles from here, all  
> we'd need is
> the donkey cart to get us and our goods to and from there.  Not  
> having nor
> needing a personal motorized vehicle woud be a profound blessing.    
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Yes, indeedy. During my Japan years I was quite impressed with how  
the lowly bicycle could be used. Of course, Yokohama and Tokyo do not  
have the hills and hollers and steep inclines and declines between.  
But it would take far less motor and battery to propel a bike with a  
small trailer than even the smallest electric car.

I have an old Yamaha dirt bike, small engine, gathering dust in the  
barn. I may well see about making it operational again. The grandsons  
sure hope I do.