Xref: utzoo sci.energy:521 sci.electronics:7470 sci.med:11685 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!sumax!polari!happym!nwnexus!edm From: edm@nwnexus.WA.COM (Ed Morin) Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.electronics,sci.med Subject: Re: Electric cars? Start with wheelchairs. Message-ID: <168@nwnexus.WA.COM> Date: 18 Aug 89 18:56:47 GMT References: <3659@internal.Apple.COM> Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.; Seattle, WA Lines: 17 Keywords: electirc cars wheelchairs batteries ems@Apple.COM (Mike Smith) writes: >So tell me, why are electric wheelchairs at the trailing >rather than the leading edge of electric vehicle technology? As depressing as it seems, I suspect this is so because the application of technology is in direct proportion to overall demand and potential profit rather than sympathy. The same is true for wonder drugs that only a few people need - mass producing them is not profitable because not enough people need them. (i.e. not enough people are physically crippled) -- Ed Morin Northwest Nexus Inc. "Unix Public Access for the Masses!" edm@nwnexus.WA.COM