Na-no, Na-now

I have watched with gret pride and interest the development of Ratan Tata’s Nano. I have reserved judgement for sometime, because nationalistic fervour is hard to douse. However, I think it’s time to say that with a global perspective of the single most element that will determine the future of humans in the next 50 years –environment – the Nano is a decade too late. Flooding the Indian market with Nanos, their meeting fuel emission norms notwithstanding, will do no good for the climate. What we need now is the Nano that does not run on gas. Latest by 2010.