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More Troubles For Our Oil by samguru(m): 7:42pm On Jan 29, 2012
The advance countries are desperately searching fro means to reduce their dependency on oil,for example this is what i found on yahoo page

A tiny revolutionary fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution was unveiled Tuesday before hitting European cities in 2013.

The "Hiriko," the Basque word for "urban," is an electric two-seater with no doors whose motor is located in the wheels and which folds up like a child's collapsible buggy, or stroller, for easy parking.

Dreamt up by Boston's MIT-Media lab, the concept was developed by a consortium of seven small Basque firms under the name Hiriko Driving Mobility, with a prototype unveiled by European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.

Demonstrating for journalists, Barroso clambered in through the fold-up front windscreen of the 1.5-metre-long car.

"European ideas usually are developed in the United States. This time an American idea is being made in Europe," consortium spokesman Gorka Espiau told AFP.

Its makers are in talks with a number of European cities to assemble the tiny cars that can run 120 kilometers (75 miles) without a recharge and whose speed is electronically set to respect city limits.

They envision it as a city-owned vehicle, up for hire like the fleets of bicycles available in many European cities, or put up for sale privately at around 12,500 euros.

Several cities have shows interest, including Berlin, Barcelona, San Francisco and Hong Kong. Talks are under way with Paris, London, Boston, Dubai and Brussels.

The vehicle's four wheels turn at right angles to facilitate sideways parking in tight spaces.
The backers describe the "Hiriko" project as a "European social innovation initiative offering a systematic solution to major societal challenges: urban transportation, pollution and job creation."
Re: More Troubles For Our Oil by Arosa(m): 7:45pm On Jan 29, 2012
Good news.
Re: More Troubles For Our Oil by Lasinoh: 7:51pm On Jan 29, 2012
Una get oil huh?
Could have fooled me and the world! cry
Re: More Troubles For Our Oil by Acidosis(m): 8:24pm On Jan 29, 2012
Hmmn . .Engineers, Profs of Engineering in Nigeria prefers to sit in a beer-parlour. They wait for government to spoon-feed them. When salary is delayed, they go on trecking with their pot-bellies protesting.


Which way NIGERIA[b]NS[/b] heading ? ?
Re: More Troubles For Our Oil by samguru(m): 2:32am On Jan 30, 2012
Federal ministry of petroleum resources,NNPC,PPPRA and others your days A̶̲̥̅̊я̣̣̥ε̲̣̣̣̥ gradually diminishing

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