Comments for Tokyo Taxis to Go Electric with Better Place at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://ecogeek.org Fri, 24 May 2013 07:57:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/digitizing/2927-tokyo-taxis-to-go-electric-with-better-place#comment-29962 Something smart that Canadians recently did was to ask for nuclear plant bids in which the bidding company guaranteed no cost overruns. As we all know, past practice has been to bid low, overrun, and let the purchasing entity pay multiple times what was originally estimated. And then pass on those costs to the consumers. The now under construction Olkiluoto, Finland nuclear plant is more than 50% more expensive than the original (non-binding) bid. The Ontario government ask for binding bids, took a look at the cost of a plant when the construction company gave them a fixed price, and said "Nope". That's smart.... - Bob Wallace Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:22:02 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/digitizing/2927-tokyo-taxis-to-go-electric-with-better-place#comment-29951 Ane here! Us dumb-ass Canadians were going to use a Nuclear Reactor to melt our Tar Sands, a bigger deposit than all of Saudi Arabia , and save the world from gasoline starvation! Now we have to buy batteries and cover up the mess in the oil sands for a few generations at least! Damned Global Warming! We ere all going to be so rich! Here's hoping we can mine Lithium for battery cars, or something! We sure need jobs up here! - Uncle B Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:13:43 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/digitizing/2927-tokyo-taxis-to-go-electric-with-better-place#comment-29892 What a great site and article. Look forward to visiting again. - Greenearth Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:23:04 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/digitizing/2927-tokyo-taxis-to-go-electric-with-better-place#comment-29869 I think you meant Tokyo's NIHON Kotsu taxi? - Spell Check Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:59:30 +0100