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shizaru Send message Joined: 14 Jun 04 Posts: 1130 Credit: 1,967,904 RAC: 0 |
Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :) |
Kevin Olley Send message Joined: 3 Aug 99 Posts: 906 Credit: 261,085,289 RAC: 572 |
And now we have hybrid electric power trains for your private plane. How about Hydrogen powered camera drones http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35890486 Looks like a lot more energy for the same weight. Kevin |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
And now we have hybrid electric power trains for your private plane Now that's a smart Idea planes have special considerations and weight is no.1 No more huge motors and tons of fuel 50% there is big savings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Xrr82Hbkc |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :) Yes and yes I am a F1 fan |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :) Shame it's the wrong team you support mate ;-) Life is what you make of it :-) When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-) |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
ello cobber well see the seasons still early Ricardo may get that hunk of junk going when they put that new engine in :) |
shizaru Send message Joined: 14 Jun 04 Posts: 1130 Credit: 1,967,904 RAC: 0 |
Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :) Yeah, me too. I remember my heart stopped when Webber did his Rocket Man impression |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19062 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :) He was only keeping his hand in, he had done it before at Le Mans, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZaAuyuYmQ |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision. Except they don't have zero emissions. Somewhere emissions happen from the power needed to convert water into its component elements. If that is building solar cells, coal fired power plants, or furnaces to build wind turbine blades, there are emissions. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision. There is a better alternative and you don't need to build anything and 99.99999% of us can do it right now . Your even built with all the right equipment . It's called WALKING and it's healthy too |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision. /rolleyes Obviously in the context, I was referring to the vehicle itself. But fine, ya got me. Yeah, sure, some building has to make the hydrogen. Still considerably less than millions of cars spewing CO into the air, or the pollution made by generating electricity for electric cars which don't have a zero emission rating like hydrogen cars do. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision. Right. I'm going to walk the 92 miles per day back and forth to work. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Move closer to work and you can buy a push bike , and they even come with Electric motors and rechargeable battery's now |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Right. I'm going to disrupt the lives of my family members by moving closer to a job that I will likely not keep long term, but future jobs will be just as far. Oh, and places closer to the city are far more expensive to live in, but I'll move closer because rather than accepting that not everyone can live within walking distance, you'd rather continue making suggestions to fit your solution rather than adjusting the solution to fit the problem. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Ozzie don't knock the push bike you can travel a long way on a push bike and I would say the 90 k you travel would only take about 90 mins on a push bike travelling that far in a car during peak hour traffic the push bike would probably beat you to work . Edit: ops 92 miles that's 148 k/m so move closer to work the country is nice but to far from work man |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Ozzie don't knock the push bike you can travel a long way on a push bike and I would say the 90 k you travel would only take about 90 mins on a push bike travelling that far in a car during peak hour traffic the push bike would probably beat you to work . I'm not knocking it. The suggestion is highly unrealistic, and your comments indicate you really don't know Chicago traffic. I guarantee you no one on a push bike would beat me to work, even with a small motor. My average speed is 60-65 miles per hour and I make it to work in about 50-70 minutes, give or take. And I would require the motor on the bike because I have respiratory problems that induce asthmatic like symptoms. I would very likely end up in a hospital biking to work. Oh, and that's 92 miles or 148 kilometers to you, not 90 kilometers as you typed. Why is it so hard to accept that your suggestion wasn't a good one, if only idealistic in nature? |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
so move closer to work the country is nice but to far from work man Do you have any idea how much housing costs in the city? And I'm going to pack up and move closer based on a discussion about emissions with a guy from halfway around the world who knows nothing about my life or living situation? I'm struggling to understand why you continue to make this suggestion so flippantly. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
because not everyone would live 148klm from work , man that's 300klm a round trip shorely you can move a bit closer I live 62 miles or 110 klm from Sydney and if I worked there I wouldn't live in Wollongong with it's beaches and mountains and bushland all around a wonderful place to live but not if you work in Sydney it's just to far and costs to much in fuel or public transport . For most I would say a push bike is a good idea and would get them to work quicker than a car or train or bus . I am also a asthmatic so a push bike would help in treating that and so long as you had your ventolin spray you shouldn't have a problem . |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
because not everyone would live 148klm from work , man that's 300klm a round trip No, 148km is the round trip. I'm still not f---ing biking 41 miles one direction. You're out of your f---ing mind if you think I'm doing that just for emissions. For most I would say a push bike is a good idea and would get them to work quicker than a car or train or bus. Maybe on your tiny little island that's a true statement. Maybe even for people that aren't tied down and don't mind living in apartments or condos it would be a good suggestion. Hell, maybe it is a good suggestion for "most" people. Most is still not all, and it certainly isn't me. I am also a asthmatic so a push bike would help in treating that and so long as you had your ventolin spray you shouldn't have a problem . I didn't say I was just asthmatic. I said I have acute respiratory problems that induces asthmatic like symptoms. I'm still not f---ing biking 92 miles per day, and you're out of your gord if you think I am. |
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