| Today's electric scooters are not your Dad's scooters | | | | above and say you waited in line for those 2 hours |
| of old - they're hip, economical and "Green" modes of | | | | and were fortunate enough to get gas. Well, you feel |
| transportation. Electric scooters have a range of about | | | | like you won the lottery, right! You'd better have won |
| 60 miles, a 3-5 hour charge time, and a top speed of | | | | the lottery - with gas anywhere from $4.20 a gallon up |
| just over 60 miles per hour. What a relief to "scoot" | | | | to over $5.00 per gallon in some areas- you'd need the |
| past the Pain at the Pump, while reducing noise and air | | | | winnings just to pay the tab. On one hand, you are just |
| pollution at the same time! | | | | grateful you found the gas - but on the other, you |
| However, why should you want one, you ask! There | | | | have just spent the equivalent one-week's worth of |
| are countless reasons, but I promised you the "Top | | | | groceries for a tank of gas! With an electric scooter, |
| Three." Here goes: | | | | the cost to operate it is less than 25% of the cost to |
| 1. Never fear Gas Shortages! In the aftermath of | | | | run a gasoline-powered motor vehicle. Imagine the |
| Hurricane Ike those of us in states that didn't get a | | | | savings. The scooter charges in about 3- 5 hours |
| direct hit still felt its fury at the gas pump! With | | | | (running about 40 cents per "fill up") which averages |
| refineries in the Gulf Coast being damaged and pipe | | | | out to about a penny per mile! It is brilliant. |
| lines down, we in the Southeast of the nation had gas | | | | 3. Hug a Tree! Finally, my new motto is "Park your car, |
| supplies dwindle to nothing! No fuel was to be found, | | | | and help save the environment." The planet wins hand |
| and gas stations ran dry. News reporters would | | | | down with the electric scooter - scooter emissions are |
| broadcast where a fuel truck was expected to make | | | | about 1/10th that of the Hybrid Prius and about a |
| a delivery, and people would flock to that one lone | | | | whooping 1/30th of an SUV. (The power plant that |
| station - with lines stretching at times up to a mile. As in | | | | charges the scooter generates the emissions. The |
| any panic situation, tempers flared and chaos ensued. | | | | scooter has no actual emissions!) It probably won't |
| Police were called in to patrol gas stations and keep | | | | become your main means of transportation, of course, |
| the peace. But the people were desperate - they had | | | | but for those quick trips around town or to the city, |
| to get back and forth to work, so many waited in lines | | | | take the scooter and erase one more carbon footprint. |
| for up to 2 hours or so - and even then, there was no | | | | You never again have to be held hostage by |
| guarantee that the pump would still be running when | | | | unforeseen weather emergencies that threaten the |
| their turn finally came. We in Atlanta endured these | | | | fuel supply, while at the same time; you can run your |
| fuel shortages for about one month. I vowed, "Never | | | | scooter for pennies a mile, scooting past the pain at |
| again." With an electric scooter, you never have to be | | | | the pump When you throw in the ecological |
| at the mercy of bad weather or the gas pump again. | | | | advantages of using your scooter as opposed to a |
| Just charge your scooter for 3 to 5 hours, and you | | | | gas-powered engine, you have the Trifecta of |
| can motor about 60 miles or so with no waiting in line | | | | reasons why you, too, should own a Electric Scooter. It |
| for hours! | | | | will be a Win-Win situation for your wallet and the |
| 2. Never Fear Gas Prices! Now let's take the situation | | | | Environment. |