A small city in the Philippines, Tabontabon, has a mayor with the right idea. Rustico Balderian has commissioned two taxi's constructed of 90% bamboo, which run on coconut biodiesel. While the city is home to about 10,000 people, two taxi's won't get everyone from A-B but it is setting the right precident for tropical countries with an abundance of natural resources that can be utilised in this manner to improve fuel-efficiency, safety on the roads, and increase environmentally and aethetically friendly transport.They are just brilliant and I can imagine all the tropical places I have travelled to incorporating their own individual styles into versions of these cute, ingenious taxis.
