Auto bike

Masud Rana, Program officer of Appropriate Technology Research Centre, Mennonite Central Committee B
A few days ago I read a reader's letter about the “auto bike”, electricity powered tricycle, in DS. It focused on the environment friendly aspect of “auto bike”. Indeed, it is neither environment friendly nor energy efficient. On the other hand , it is increasing our electricity problem. I am a little worried about it as its number is increasing very rapidly because of its low price and subsidised price of electricity.