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| Thread ID: 68627 | 2006-05-05 13:32:00 | Hybrid Car Ceases Production | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 452453 | 2006-05-07 04:08:00 | Any air motor is horrendously inefficient, even more so than an infernal combustion machine. As the article implies, they're moving the pollution from the car to the power station smokestack. Hybrid cars aren't the answer either. The massive pile of batteries which must be replaced and disposed of, and the energy cost of production are factors overlooked in all the hype. And there are some porkies told about their efficiency. Until we have more investment into improving the efficiency of solar power production and other low impact technology we're stuffed. The demand for hydrocarbons will increase, the cost of that finite resource must increase. At some point the economic and environmental price is going to force us to change our ways. There will be pain. |
Vallis (8886) | ||
| 452454 | 2006-05-07 06:00:00 | I cant see "cars" as being the answer to the problem no matter what powerplant is used, The size and effort needed to move these cages will always be a waste of energy, The first thing we need to do is ban them. Restict vechile access in the suberbs to trams, horses and motorbikes, we can even grass over the streets. | Metla (12) | ||
| 452455 | 2006-05-07 06:05:00 | I cant see "cars" as being the answer to the problem no matter what powerplant is used, The size and effort needed to move these cages will always be a waste of energy, The first thing we need to do is ban them. Restict vechile access in the suberbs to trams, horses and motorbikes, we can even grass over the streets. Wouldn't a shop selling grand pianos have difficulty transporting same on a motorbike? And back to tiptoeing through the horse patties,in case one stood in one! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 452456 | 2006-05-07 06:11:00 | I cant see "cars" as being the answer to the problem no matter what powerplant is used...... Right on. Don't get me started on trucks thundering up and down the country while the railways are ripped up and the ships become razor blades. Whatever the question, the answer is not motorways or cars. |
Vallis (8886) | ||
| 452457 | 2006-05-07 06:26:00 | Quoting Cicero: "And back to tiptoeing through the horse patties,in case one stood in one!" No we never did that :) Well, during the war in the UK, hardly a private car was ever seen, the Birmingham Corporation buses ran on time, there didn't seem to be any shortage of drivers, despite blokes being away at war. Bread, milk and coal was delivered by horse and cart, not all on the same one of course ! Horses pulled 'rag and bone' carts, like Steptoe & Son, People walked or push biked or used the bus. And when the horses dropped their patties, it was a race to get there first with shovel to put the stuff on the garden as free fertilizer for the Dig for Victory campaign, so there never were any patties to tread in. That is one of Ciceros urban myths. :) It was only after the war when the blokes started coming back, that mysteriously there was a shortage of bus drivers, so they had to import all those Jamaicans. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 452458 | 2006-05-07 06:51:00 | Quoting Cicero: "And back to tiptoeing through the horse patties,in case one stood in one!" No we never did that :) Well, during the war in the UK, hardly a private car was ever seen, the Birmingham Corporation buses ran on time, there didn't seem to be any shortage of drivers, despite blokes being away at war. Bread, milk and coal was delivered by horse and cart, not all on the same one of course ! Horses pulled 'rag and bone' carts, like Steptoe & Son, People walked or push biked or used the bus. And when the horses dropped their patties, it was a race to get there first with shovel to put the stuff on the garden as free fertilizer for the Dig for Victory campaign, so there never were any patties to tread in. That is one of Ciceros urban myths. :) It was only after the war when the blokes started coming back, that mysteriously there was a shortage of bus drivers, so they had to import all those Jamaicans. I think we should go back to the 30's as Met and T suggest,when there was decent music and going to the pics 2d. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 452459 | 2006-05-07 07:36:00 | Wouldn't a shop selling grand pianos have difficulty transporting same on a motorbike? And back to tiptoeing through the horse patties,in case one stood in one! Horse and Carrage. Besides, the extra cost of transport would be reflected in the price. Perhaps the pace of life will slow down to a more enjoyable level. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 452460 | 2006-05-07 08:14:00 | Horse and Carrage. Besides, the extra cost of transport would be reflected in the price. Perhaps the pace of life will slow down to a more enjoyable level. I think we are stuck with what we have. All it needs is a break through of some sort.. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 452461 | 2006-05-07 09:33:00 | money.cnn.com Kiwi bloke too :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 452462 | 2006-05-07 09:46:00 | And when the horses dropped their patties, it was a race to get there first with shovel to put the stuff on the garden as free fertilizer for the Dig for Victory campaign, so there never were any patties to tread in. That is one of Ciceros urban myths. :) . I think he was referring to London in the 1800's. Knee deep in ****. |
pctek (84) | ||
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