I'm not sure that nationalising is the answer, that would hand the unions a huge victory and send a message to all other franchise employees. Unfortunately we are at the stage where ploughing on is the least worst option.
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
Of course, no discussion about electric cars is complete without reference to the astonishing Porsche 918 Spyder. It's a plug-in hybrid, so exempt from road tax and congestion charge, and qualifies for all sorts of incentives from governments.
It also does 0-60mph in 2.2 seconds, 0-100 in 4.9s, 217mph flat out and holds the production car lap record around the Nurburgring.
Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
One of the most reliable car on UK roads is a Toyota Prius which has a rather large battery..
Battery repairs are cheap because individual cells are replaceable. A new battery is £3k...
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I can understand that, but I'm not sure how consumers are supposed to react to this new war on diesel, given just a few years ago they were being given incentives to buy them!
Slightly tongue-in-cheek, how long before electric cars become the new enemy?
I learned an interesting stat recently: 90% of the national fleet is replaced every 7 years - that is, only 10% of cars on the road are more than 7 years old. Seems a quick turnaround, given how well cars last nowadays, no? Anyway, that gives a starting point for how quickly you can reasonably implement a policy like that.
Of course we could reduce the numbers of cars if more people took trains...
Oh, wait...
So, the first test for an electric car is to get from Brighton to London and back.
That is easy for the range of several on the market now.
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.
I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open.
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
Of course we could reduce the numbers of cars if more people took trains...
Oh, wait...
So, the first test for an electric car is to get from Brighton to London and back.
That is easy for the range of several on the market now.
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.
I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open. ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
Yes, that was a good one. The eventual answer being that you should use a/c on the motorway and windows open around town, as the windows open going fast really screws up the airflow around the car.
On a similar subject, and noting the name of one poster on here this morning, there's a new show 'White Rabbit Project' on Netflix this week - fun and geeky science show featuring the old Mythbusters build team of Kari, Grant and Tory. I've seen the first couple and it's good so far.
Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
Plus, firearms and their ammunition were cheaper to make, and the raw materials didn't take decades to grow or have to be imported from Spain. And your battalion of musketeers takes up a lot less frontage than your thousand archers.
But the point is that theoretically superior technologies often do get replaced with stuff that is actually pretty rubbish for perfectly good but not always obvious reasons.
Though nobody ever told Mad Jack Churchill that, apparently.
Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problem
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
VHS and Betamax?
That was a competition between two new technologies. I'm talking about a replacement; as if DVDs had been the dominant tech for a decade and was then replaced with VHS.
The initial smartphones were inferior at the function of being a mobile telephone but they still put Nokia out of business.
The initial ones were inferior - including ones by Nokia AFAICR. It was the iPhone that made the other functions worthwhile over the slight loss in telephony function (e.g. battery life). Mainly as telephony became very much a subsidiary function.
But yes, that's a good answer to the question posed.
Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problem
My old man's Messerschmitt only runs on 2 stroke. Very cool car though. (Google KR200 if you want a pic).
Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.
You still have to be able to see the enemy in order to hit him!
Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problem
*has image of Merlin engine in bits over the kitchen table....*
Of course we could reduce the numbers of cars if more people took trains...
Oh, wait...
So, the first test for an electric car is to get from Brighton to London and back.
That is easy for the range of several on the market now.
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.
I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open. ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
Yes, that was a good one. The eventual answer being that you should use a/c on the motorway and windows open around town, as the windows open going fast really screws up the airflow around the car.
On a similar subject, and noting the name of one poster on here this morning, there's a new show 'White Rabbit Project' on Netflix this week - fun and geeky science show featuring the old Mythbusters build team of Kari, Grant and Tory. I've seen the first couple and it's good so far.
That's on my watch list. Have you tried Shooter? I'm liking that a lot as well as Narcos S2.
Designated Survivor is hilariously bad - a gigantic plot with a tiny cast. It makes 24 look credible. Kiefer Sutherland seems very keen on this sort of stuff.
Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.
Not in them days. Amazing how stuff can date so rapidly.
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
I like my diesel, and as I only do about 2k miles/year (London life for you) then I don't fret too much about the pollution.
Of course we could reduce the numbers of cars if more people took trains...
Oh, wait...
So, the first test for an electric car is to get from Brighton to London and back.
That is easy for the range of several on the market now.
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.
I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open. ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
Yes, that was a good one. The eventual answer being that you should use a/c on the motorway and windows open around town, as the windows open going fast really screws up the airflow around the car.
On a similar subject, and noting the name of one poster on here this morning, there's a new show 'White Rabbit Project' on Netflix this week - fun and geeky science show featuring the old Mythbusters build team of Kari, Grant and Tory. I've seen the first couple and it's good so far.
That's on my watch list. Have you tried Shooter? I'm liking that a lot as well as Narcos S2.
Designated Survivor is hilariously bad - a gigantic plot with a tiny cast. It makes 24 look credible. Kiefer Sutherland seems very keen on this sort of stuff.
Will take a look at Shooter, thanks. Designated Survivor is on my watch list, sounded promising but maybe I'll shunt it down a few places.
I have just topped up by bets on Clive Lewis being next Labour leader. Currently on BF he is just ahead of Starmer as the two favourites.
It will be the left that does for Corbyn in the end. We might be looking at a Lewis - Nandy contest.
I think Richard Burgon and Emily Thornberry might also be contenders
I am green on a fair sprinkling of likely candidates and a couple of outliers such as return by Ed Balls. Not on Thornberry though. May have to top up again in the new year.
Mr. Borough, Stargate: SG-1 was quite good. In early series they still had floppy disks. By the end things were almost up to date (major change since, which I think was in Atlantis, was the tablet).
I have just topped up by bets on Clive Lewis being next Labour leader. Currently on BF he is just ahead of Starmer as the two favourites.
It will be the left that does for Corbyn in the end. We might be looking at a Lewis - Nandy contest.
I think Richard Burgon and Emily Thornberry might also be contenders
I am green on a fair sprinkling of likely candidates and a couple of outliers such as return by Ed Balls. Not on Thornberry though. May have to top up again in the new year.
Surely not even the new Labour 'membership' are stupid enough to elect someone who sneers at their core vote quite so much as Lady Nugee?
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right to resign..
Fixed it for you.
Dave resigned, George was sacked by the Gordon Brown in £995 leather pants.
How does a grand on TM's leather trousers compare with the cost of one of the suits worn by some of the more flash MP's?
As someone who had some very expensive leather trousers - but not as pricey as Mrs May - they're a bugger and very unforgiving.
They're very unforgiving, stretch unless you never sit down or bend your knees, and need you to be at least a size smaller - or they'll do it for you after a single wear.
Mr. Eagles, I see your grasp of history remains feeble as ever.
It's a joke. There was a recent Iron Man comic with a flashback to 1992 and one of characters says 'There's something not right about him, I'll google him' IN 1992
Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.
@HurstLlama's post about *point blank* was fascinating - the whole arc stuff et al.
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problem
My old man's Messerschmitt only runs on 2 stroke. Very cool car though. (Google KR200 if you want a pic).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
The best battery for renewable power is pumped storage. We need another 10 Dinorwigs. That'd transform wind and solar viability.
Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.
You still have to be able to see the enemy in order to hit him!
Mr. Eagles, I see your grasp of history remains feeble as ever.
It's a joke. There was a recent Iron Man comic with a flashback to 1992 and one of characters says 'There's something not right about him, I'll google him' IN 1992
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problem
*has image of Merlin engine in bits over the kitchen table....*
Her cylinder head was on the kitchen worktop for weeks...
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
I like my diesel, and as I only do about 2k miles/year (London life for you) then I don't fret too much about the pollution.
Surely a petrol engine would be better for you? I'd always thought that diesels, with their higher purchase costs but better longevity, lower running costs and lower CO2 output, are more suited to high mileage folk like company reps; while petrols, with their lower purchase price and particulate emissions, are better for short, urban trips.
My brother's another, much smaller straw. Lifelong labour party member, now utterly fed up with Corbyn and very seriously considering switching to Lib Dems.
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.
I like my diesel, and as I only do about 2k miles/year (London life for you) then I don't fret too much about the pollution.
Surely a petrol engine would be better for you? I'd always thought that diesels, with their higher purchase costs but better longevity, lower running costs and lower CO2 output, are more suited to high mileage folk like company reps; while petrols, with their lower purchase price and particulate emissions, are better for short, urban trips.
Yep. But the replacement cost outweighs the benefits at this point in time. Bought it when I was doing 15k a year or more. C'est la vie, as they say in foreign parts.
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
The biggest electric shock I ever got was from the capacitor in a fan. Unplugged, it threw me across the office, and left me dazed for a while after. It was a truly weird and sobering experience.
I've seen my TV jump and home phone zapped by lightning - this was personal.
I'm not sure that nationalising is the answer, that would hand the unions a huge victory and send a message to all other franchise employees. Unfortunately we are at the stage where ploughing on is the least worst option.
Nationalisation is the inevitable knee-jerk reaction from the noisy left, just as the Reagan-Air Traffic Controllers solution is the inevitable knee-jerk reaction from the noisy right.
Not sure that either solution will have any positive effect but that doesn't mean we won't get the one or the other.
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
The best battery for renewable power is pumped storage. We need another 10 Dinorwigs. That'd transform wind and solar viability.
The only next Labour leader candidates I'm red on are David Miliband and Owen Smith. Otherwise I'm heavily green all round.
I'm reasonably comfortable with this.
@AlastairMeeks I'm slowly adding Keir Starmer to the red list, it is Jeremy Corbyn and a hundred dwarves. I'm not sure that anyone bar perhaps Lewis should be sub 9-1.
It's an excellent article. The entire Tory philosophy since 1977 has been sell our country's assets down the river. Managed decline and asset stripping. And New Labour was happy to confer its assent through continuity policies. How can you take back control over this?
What will happen when the CDEs realise they've been duped again by Bozo and assorted other demagogues? How do you deliver the outcome they want, which is better jobs, with higher pay? A question I've asked on here repeatedly in various guises and only had 1-2 attempts at an answer.
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm). Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport. http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
The best battery for renewable power is pumped storage. We need another 10 Dinorwigs. That'd transform wind and solar viability.
Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.
It's amazing how much 'old' telly, even a few decades old is now completely outdated by modern tech. About 90% of old comedy and probably 95% of old dedective shows simply don't work in this day and age of mobiles, internet social media etc.
It's an excellent article. The entire Tory philosophy since 1977 has been sell our country's assets down the river. Managed decline and asset stripping. And New Labour was happy to confer its assent through continuity policies. How can you take back control over this?
What will happen when the CDEs realise they've been duped again by Bozo and assorted other demagogues? How do you deliver the outcome they want, which is better jobs, with higher pay? A question I've asked on here repeatedly in various guises and only had 1-2 attempts at an answer.
I'm intrigued by your description of the UK post-1977 - one of the world's most successful economies in that time - as "asset stripping"...
My central expectations are probably something like:
Con 43 Lab 23 LD 16 UKIP 8 Others 10
So on that basis, and given that it's all very volatile, maybe Lab 1/3 vs LD 9/4 ???
I thought 72/28!! We are herding
I would have thought, without too much detailed analysis, the Lib Dems' chances of getting a higher vote share than Labour, even with all the volatility, could not be better than 10% (and I feel that I'm being generous to the sandalistas there). No I'm not taking bets on that.
Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.
It's amazing how much 'old' telly, even a few decades old is now completely outdated by modern tech. About 90% of old comedy and probably 95% of old dedective shows simply don't work in this day and age of mobiles, internet social media etc.
I wish twitter existed when The West Wing was on.
Just imagine Toby's reaction to stuff said on Twitter.
The only next Labour leader candidates I'm red on are David Miliband and Owen Smith. Otherwise I'm heavily green all round.
I'm reasonably comfortable with this.
@AlastairMeeks I'm slowly adding Keir Starmer to the red list, it is Jeremy Corbyn and a hundred dwarves. I'm not sure that anyone bar perhaps Lewis should be sub 9-1.
I'm wary of laying Sir Keir Starmer. For starters, he appears to have some real talent, which marks him out from most of the putative competition.
It's an excellent article. The entire Tory philosophy since 1977 has been sell our country's assets down the river. Managed decline and asset stripping. And New Labour was happy to confer its assent through continuity policies. How can you take back control over this?
What will happen when the CDEs realise they've been duped again by Bozo and assorted other demagogues? How do you deliver the outcome they want, which is better jobs, with higher pay? A question I've asked on here repeatedly in various guises and only had 1-2 attempts at an answer.
I'm intrigued by your description of the UK post-1977 - one of the world's most successful economies in that time - as "asset stripping"...
One man's wealth creator is another's, err, asset stripper.
Labour 'will fight for a soft Brexit' says Keir Starmer
Labour's Brexit spokesman today said the party would fight for soft-Brexit that gives British businesses easy access to trade.
Sir Keir Starmer said Labour has a clear plan for the country after it quits the EU, while the Government “veers” between the “undefined” and “vague”.
He used his speech at Bloomberg LP’s European headquarters in Central London today to say the party would fight any strategy that “tears us apart from our EU partners”.
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George and Dave were right.
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
It also does 0-60mph in 2.2 seconds, 0-100 in 4.9s, 217mph flat out and holds the production car lap record around the Nurburgring.
Yours for a million quid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_918_Spyder
But seriously, this is where the tech is now, give it a few years and the price will come down somewhat.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
Battery repairs are cheap because individual cells are replaceable. A new battery is £3k...
Ross: I made a mistake, okay?
Rachel: A mistake? What were you trying to put it in, her purse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
A more mischievous ploy would have been to stand as a one-off in Richmond Park....
On a similar subject, and noting the name of one poster on here this morning, there's a new show 'White Rabbit Project' on Netflix this week - fun and geeky science show featuring the old Mythbusters build team of Kari, Grant and Tory. I've seen the first couple and it's good so far.
But the point is that theoretically superior technologies often do get replaced with stuff that is actually pretty rubbish for perfectly good but not always obvious reasons.
Though nobody ever told Mad Jack Churchill that, apparently.
Mr. Eagles, trousers*, not pants. Honestly.
Designated Survivor is hilariously bad - a gigantic plot with a tiny cast. It makes 24 look credible. Kiefer Sutherland seems very keen on this sort of stuff.
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
Syrian pro-government forces have been entering homes in eastern Aleppo and killing those inside, including women and children, the UN says.
The UN's human rights office said it had reliable evidence that in four areas 82 civilians were shot on the spot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38301629
They're very unforgiving, stretch unless you never sit down or bend your knees, and need you to be at least a size smaller - or they'll do it for you after a single wear.
Perhaps someone with Google Fu can find it.
If it makes you feel any better, I'm having a flash sale for Saint Lucy's Day. Free book with code FY45U at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/313503
Edited extra bit: should stress it's Journey to Altmortis that's free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MK4SEoBFXk
http://www.wordstream.com/articles/internet-search-engines-history
Her cylinder head was on the kitchen worktop for weeks...
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me.
I'm reasonably comfortable with this.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/808624503685345280
http://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/env/i-eloop/
And you @Tissue_Price
I've seen my TV jump and home phone zapped by lightning - this was personal.
Not sure that either solution will have any positive effect but that doesn't mean we won't get the one or the other.
Con 43
Lab 23
LD 16
UKIP 8
Others 10
So on that basis, and given that it's all very volatile, maybe Lab 1/3 vs LD 9/4 ???
Flow batteries and cryo storage are just two other methods being developed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19785689
What will happen when the CDEs realise they've been duped again by Bozo and assorted other demagogues? How do you deliver the outcome they want, which is better jobs, with higher pay? A question I've asked on here repeatedly in various guises and only had 1-2 attempts at an answer.
Trump's the elite. He's an oligarch.
Just imagine Toby's reaction to stuff said on Twitter.
Labour 'will fight for a soft Brexit' says Keir Starmer
Labour's Brexit spokesman today said the party would fight for soft-Brexit that gives British businesses easy access to trade.
Sir Keir Starmer said Labour has a clear plan for the country after it quits the EU, while the Government “veers” between the “undefined” and “vague”.
He used his speech at Bloomberg LP’s European headquarters in Central London today to say the party would fight any strategy that “tears us apart from our EU partners”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-will-fight-for-a-soft-brexit-says-keir-starmer-a3418976.html