Going green!
Posted on Sun, 10 May 2009 in Personal
After much debate and
careful consideration we, The Olrik Family,
have decided to go green! We will try to minimize our CO~2~
footprint on the world in everything we do through the clever use
of technology. This doesn't mean we will go the
Amish ((Also the Amish is a
Christian cult, an we won't be going down that route either)) route
and denounce all things modern. Instead we will embrace science and
technology, like we have done in the past, but with the new
perspective of environmental friendliness. The thing that prompted
the whole "lets go green" train of thought was our car and the
amount of money we spend on it. We did a simple
TCO
calculation on our car and our car usage. Guess what - We could
almost ride exclusively in Taxicabs ((With 3 children of which one
is a toddler, this wouldn't be practical)) given our current usage
pattern. A friend of ours just bought a
Kangaroo, and that seemed like
suitable alternative given our new found greenness. But the
Kangaroo is not flexible ((One parent should be able to bring the
kids to their kindergarten, and the other should be able to pick
them up)) enough for our taste. We scoured the Interwebs and found
trioBike that seemed to fit our needs. Some
further googleing turned up both glowing
reviews
and very poor
reviews.
So yesterday we went to trioBike to see what
all the
fuss
was about. Let me just say that I wasn't disappointed. Not only
does the trioBike look cool, it rides like a
dream. The bike can easily carry 2 children and what ever else you
want to bring to school, to kindergarten, to a picnic and
everywhere else you want to go. We are definitely going to get one
for our family!