I just wanted to thank you for making my day while you were commuting home on what resembled a giant pogo stick with wheels. Why do I thank you? Several reasons.<br/><br/>1) You made me laugh. Children’s bouncing toy with oversized wheels ridden by a largish female wearing a cheesy (white styrofoam) old bike helmet? VERY LAUGHABLE!<br/><br/>2) You made my commute easier. One less person in a car makes it go that much faster.<br/><br/>3) You’re just as lazy as those of us driving, and that made me laugh. Rather than walking or riding a bike and burning a calorie or two you felt the need to spend close to $5000 dollars to move marginally faster than walking speed. I have a car that can go 130mph and cost less than your device, which leads me in to…<br/><br/>4) The car I speak of above gets 40mpg on the highway, while your Segway runs on electricity. I’m pretty sure that you felt all warm and fuzzy inside when you bought it knowing this, but guess what? Electricity is not naturally occuring (at least the kind that you put in your Segway). Do you know how it is made? A power plant! Do you know how that power plant makes it? <a href=”http://www.virginiaplaces.org/energy/” target=”_blank”>Two-thirds of Virginia’s</a> is made by non-renewable resources, and half made by highly polluting methods. Given the gross amount of power to keep all the gyros and whizzbangs in your Segway upright and moving at such neckbreaking speeds, I’m willing to guess you’re (indirectly) polluting at least a quarter as much as me. Wooptie doo!<br/><br/>In conclusion, you overpaid for a stupid looking device that isn’t as clean as you may think it is, but at least you made my commute better! Thanks! Get a bike, lose some pounds, and save your money.