Crooked Energy Companies

[Leshrak]

Originally posted by Rosuav
example of getting stung: the Segway was funded by vulture capital, and they're very quiet about their profitability, leading to speculation that they haven't recovered their investment yet, after nearly seven years - see Wikipedia article and its references quoted

I'd like to believe that their not recovering investment costs has more to do with the fact that the Segway is more of a silly gadget than a serious means of transportation. I mean, really, who wants to ride around sidewalks on a personal scooter? Are we that lazy as a society? Aside from the visual silliness of it, it's impractical. If you rode that to the office, where would you park it? at your desk? Inside a typical office that thing would be bulky at best, and at worst (i.e. in a cubicle office) a pretty big nuisance and moderate safety risk to pretty much everyone in the office.

Edit: I didn't know when I wrote all of that that it's actually been banned from sidewalk use in some major cities, with the exception of if it's being used by someone with a disability. Using this thing on the road just screams "I want to get run over".

/end derailment