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All diesel and petrol cars to be banned from 2040.
All diesel and petrol cars to be banned from 2040.
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nice choice of vehicle
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Good, start sucking up now and you might be my #2, instead of sent to the thunderdome
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It's a semi serious point though, if this comes to pass, any major distribution to electrical power would be utterly castrophic to all personal and perhaps non personal transport, it would kill the country stone dead at a stroke. Any natural or man made disaster or interference. Everything will be 100% reliant on the NG, and when you put all your eggs in one basket.
I hope they aren't planning on a Challenger 3 electric tank to appease the &&&&ing Green Lobby! AFAIK many tanks are quite the opposite, they run on petrol or diesel (and probably KFC chicken fat). |
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It would be no different to being near a small transformer, JC, same principle. You would only need induction in areas where a cable is not acceptable, like crossing a pavement. They would need to make sure it's safe for exceptional cases such as people with a pacemaker but with the power transfer rates required for a battery it's not likely to be a problem.
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I can just see the future
Chit Chat 3rd March 2031 Zorrostrikes - Subject: Electric car induction loops .. Brain Cancer?  |
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According to his rapture schedule, he will be looking down from heaven by then. There is every chance that I will be gone too although it will be t' other place.
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a challenger on neat petrol would pink and run flat as fook,a bucket of cc p!ss would be much more suitable,move up the road effortlessly ,spitting tarmac out like a wood chipper being fed mdf .
disruption to fossil fuel supply/distribution is more of a problem ,we dont rely on any single source for lecky and vehicles could be charged independently from lecky network via a renewable generated DC supply ,a slow charge from solar would be ideal ,they can utilise any dc voltage ,any solar array configuration would be fine there is some new giant capacitor tech in the pipeline as well ,so makes stored solar look viable ,giant battery tech also possible but transfer losses will come into play. of course in winter we need help ,gas fired generation ect ....nuclear is ok but loath to go thar due to bad form in the book , both chernobyl and fukushima should never have happened but they did . |
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May have already Be mentioned ,but Battery life Major in this WTF are they going to do with all the Millions/billions of Shxgged Batteries
 where are they going ,can hardly Bury them or dump them at sea ,can see major pollutionissues . |
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JC also Correct ,Wtf will people who live in Big Cities Do, those that Live in Flats etc What do u do haul ur battery up to the Flat every Night
I have been in a couple of Hybrids has to be the Most boring experience Driving wise Practically silent ,My opinion is that it is a complete Load of Shyte .. Can u imagine the Yanks all driving round in Electric cars ,IT AINT HAPPENING |
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IT WILL...hth
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The fuel will stop being produced by large entities so will become very expensive
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as far as i am aware lithium is fully recyclable ,the current issue is cost compared to new mined Li
everything on a vehicle must be recoverable and recyclable . problem atm is there is not enough Li batteries needing recycled compared to other bats which are more commercially viable due to profit from recoverable metals. this will change as more Li-ion bats become available for decommissioning . the truth about combustion engine pollution has never been told ,cities will be all electric |
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they cant say you must pay to pollute and then deny pollution free vehicles cause they need the revenue from pollution
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Unless you have your own secure parking, and I guess that's a minority of Brits, charging your electric car will be too problematic. But it doesn't matter as most people won't own one. Why bother when cheap, on demand autonomous vehicles are available.
The problem with electric vehicles, apart from charging difficulties, is they are simply too expensive, and with Lithium prices going thru the roof, they aren't going to get cheaper in the medium term. And the current subsidies are completely unsustainable, and they will have to be taxed at the same rate as other vehicles. But even with hefty subsidies, the numbers sold are tiny. |
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Anyone watch formula-e ,it's on Channel 5 just now ,some interesting sounds ,looks rapid as well ,F1 lost touch with reality years ago but formula-e looks a meaningful discipline . Have a look pxb ,them motors are making sweet music
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The cars will need to be made to Make some sort of Fairly Audible Sound ,Pedestrian Casualties will rocket other wise ...
Can you imagine having one of them **** Ports outside every house on your Street |
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Leop absolutely No chance that USA will be an electric car Country ,None
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"cities will be all electric"
Good Let them Crack on it |
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on With It
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The cxnt lives next door to me has 2 Jeeps and two other Motors ,Think he may have a few Problems
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Not to mention His wifes Motor
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"Not to mention His wifes Motor"
I take it you don't live in Saudi Arabia then?   |
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Cue road rage vids on youtube fighting over the last power point in the car park.
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It looks like I'll have to get a Shooters licence and stock up an arsenal of firearms. No Greenie is going to take my cars away from me. I love emissions! Nothing better than firing up a 40 year old V12 Jaguar engine (pollution control removed of course. Not that it was ever much good.) Got to pour petrol in the tanks as it's running it fxcking GUZZLES!!
The thought of getting around in an overgrown slot car makes me want to puke. A car is virtually a living thing. Vital fluids running through it. A face at the front. Character. A miracle of human endeavour. There'll be blood in the streets if they force this on us!! |
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diesel should be banned full stop - carcinogen ,causes no end of breathing difficulties - for a non smoker this is as bad as when smoking was allowed in public places - you can't walk anywhere urban without getting a gulp of this foul substance
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I love a diesel. Most efficient engine in the world. They barely have emissions these days. Ad Blue.
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