“I bought it a few days ago.  It’s a Velomobile.  They’ve been around for about a decade.  This is number 299 in existence.  So they don’t make very many of them.  It’s the most aerodynamic human-powered vehicle you can get.  And it needs very little energy to operate.  Three to four times less energy than pedalling a normal bicycle.  I’m planning to do the Sun Trip with it next year.  It’s a 12,000 km route from Lyon (France) to Canton, on the east coast of China.  I’m going to build solar panelling on top and cross the new silk roads completely fossil-free.  I worked out it would take over 2,000 litres of diesel to drive a van along the same route.  And this will use nothing.  Who knows, this could be the next innovation in sustainable and efficient transport.
Since getting it, I was super scared about coming out on the streets with it.  Thinking cars would just run me over.  It’s quite small and people don’t know what it is.  But people have been mindful.  And I’m glad that people have taken an interest in it.”
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