When protest is futile and nothing can be done to avert a situation, the stoics say: one should grin and bear it. In this case, it is the rising fuel prices. They have spawned a variety of cartoons and jokes on the Internet. Fuel prices have also led to more debate on cars that run on alternate energy, batteries for instance. What if the world's carmakers come up with cars that run on liquids suited to their make and structure. For instance, cars that run on Diet Coke, to retain their slim, compact size. The bulkier, macho kind cars, you know the ones you see zooming over hilly and mountainous terrain in advertisements, can run on hi-protein drinks (for more muscle).
Small cars built especially to fit into Mumbai's parking spaces can run on baby cereal mix, for they are yet to grow up. A carmaker that wants to project his invention as a get-up-and-go lively vehicle can ensure it runs on coffee, that full of beans thing. The 'car that cheers' can be the catch line for a car that runs on tea.
A car that runs on vegetable soup might be one that evokes a healthy, lean look (but on the other hand, looking at the price of veggies these days, maybe regular fuel will one day cost less than veggie soup). So, we come to beer a car on beer might complicate things for the cops would not know who to arrest for drunken driving, the car or the driver. The Maharashtra government vehicle can run on Energee that state government milk drink while a Punjab-da-puttar, robust kind of car can run on thick lassi. Whatever your beverage, then, there's a car for you.
