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Fig. 8

Two alternative transportation socio-technical systems: the electric car and Senegalese minibus. The electric car will probably spread throughout world cities in the near future. Despite their apparently limited environmental impact, electric cars actually consume large amounts of energy, and therefore it may be argued that electric cars just relocate the pollution and emissions from cities to the places where the energy is produced. A Senegalese minibus is generally quite old, energy intensive and pollutant, but they transport groups of people all over Dakar. Source: a) http://www.theguardian.com [accessed 16 October 2014]; b) © Author (Dakar, Senegal)