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Given that it appears to be made (at least all the mechanical bits) out of bike parts, I kind of wonder why they didn't just make a cargo bike.

If you need to push it, you can push a cargo bike probably easier than this.

If you're really worried about rolling resistance give it suspension.

Did you see the section of the article that responds to that exact non-hypothetical question posed to them while using it?

I did see that. It sounds like they just like finding ways to make life hard for themselves.