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Bamboo Taxis In Philippines

Posted by samzenpus on from the unsafe-at-any-speed dept.

19061969 writes "Bucking the trend for heavy-weight SUVs, a mayor in the Philippines has commissioned a range of bamboo vehicles. According to the blurb, the taxis also run on coconut biodiesel, even have a stereo sound system and help the local economy by being largely locally produced. Is this the future of mass transportation?"

1 comment

  1. Hemp taxis next? by bigtone78 · · Score: 1

    Whoa dude, what if you could like totally make taxis out of hemp?

    I guess Cheech and Chong were just ahead of the times.