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Post by veg on Apr 8, 2022 22:27:47 GMT 1
Reading back a bit...if that Daily (toilet paper) Mail article is true and vehicles are responsible for 7% of the worlds emissions...why the f**k are we going to stop making them?? What's causing the other 93%? Alex Beef production and intensive food production and business and domestic heating. |
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Post by reedpete on Apr 8, 2022 22:28:35 GMT 1
92.5% of all other energy is consumed by people writing about it on here… 😂😂😂
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Post by steve h on Apr 8, 2022 23:20:03 GMT 1
Reading back a bit...if that Daily (toilet paper) Mail article is true and vehicles are responsible for 7% of the worlds emissions...why the f**k are we going to stop making them?? What's causing the other 93%? Alex The unchecked human expansion rate... otherwise known as the "elephant in the room" The greenest thing you can do is not add to the problem....it's simple math.... or maths as we once knew it....more arses , more shite. Beef production. Info here about how permanent pasture locks up carbon... We could cure the pollution problem by going back to being hunter gatherers and only live in the numbers that nature can sustain..... probably 1% of us.... Trouble is , we all want the light on at the flick of a switch, a hot cup of tea, a heated house, a wiped arse, a toilet inside (thats a novelty oooop north, I remember the outside direct drop!!) Aaaaand the stupidity of patio heaters...now those users need locking up!! |
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 8, 2022 23:31:50 GMT 1
Interesting. What about coal fired power stations, planes and the Toyota Prius?
Alex
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Post by chrisg on Apr 9, 2022 17:58:14 GMT 1
Reading back a bit...if that Daily (toilet paper) Mail article is true and vehicles are responsible for 7% of the worlds emissions...why the f**k are we going to stop making them?? What's causing the other 93%? Alex China and America  |
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Post by veg on Apr 9, 2022 20:38:35 GMT 1
And India, as Steve says population increase is having a detrimental effect.
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Post by steve h on Apr 10, 2022 10:47:29 GMT 1
There is an unlimited amount of clean, free energy. All we have to do is build the infrastructure. Too complex?? ...well, we have a robot on another planet that's pissing about flying a drone...
This elephant in the room is beneath your feet. Iceland uses it.
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Post by steve63 on Apr 12, 2022 7:34:25 GMT 1
Didn't an electric car stop in a car park in the UK somewhere and block everyone else in for a few hours?
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Post by steve h on Apr 12, 2022 11:59:18 GMT 1
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Post by steve63 on Apr 12, 2022 13:07:12 GMT 1
Can't speak for any other EV, but my Tesla starts to cut back on performance when you reach the last few % in the batteries, with many a warning on the dash. No excuse for not pulling off the road if that happens. Not experienced this myself. Plus it has the ability to disconnect the motors so it can be pushed. There are 2 similar modes, Tow-mode and Car Wash-mode. I think car wash is for those car washes where you get pulled through on a rolling road sort of carry on, and you need to be in the car & it be unlocked. Tow mode is for when you are being rescued and the car can be empty and locked. The modes are activated by the 12V battery rather than the 400V one, so even if the drive batteries are completely flat you can still use the dash to do stuff. My VFR has a similar system. When my eyes/brain compute that the fuel left may not be sufficient for the calculated mileage remaining to complete the journey the on board computer (my brain) tells the throttle control (my right wrist) to rotate the throttle to a more closed position thus curtailing performance whilst simultaneously calculating where the nearest fuel outlet is within a reasonable distance of the intended route. |
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Post by steve h on Apr 12, 2022 13:28:04 GMT 1
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Post by steve h on Apr 12, 2022 13:35:21 GMT 1
I have the same system on every vehicle steve! It has an amusing/exciting "gamble" feature programmed into it. It makes life more interesting and less Xbox orientated, as a wrong gamble has consequences..... For best results/excitement, dont own a mobile...
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Post by steve63 on Apr 13, 2022 7:40:11 GMT 1
I have the same system on every vehicle steve! It has an amusing/exciting "gamble" feature programmed into it. It makes life more interesting and less Xbox orientated, as a wrong gamble has consequences..... For best results/excitement, dont own a mobile... I struggle to do the maths especially not knowing what the bike actually does to a gallon, how much in litres/gallons each of the little squares is and what happens when it gets down to the last one? I think it flashes then turns red but I'm not sure. I was on the M62/A63 heading home a few weeks ago. It was about 3° above and I'd just passed a gritter and I gambled I could get home on two squares. Then it went to one square and I started to do all the above. I stopped at the first garage I saw to and it took 18L to fill so it had another 4L in so as it turned out it would have got me into town easy and I could have filled it up anywhere. I'm too old to push a bike, especially a 200kg plus one. You start to realise there are less garages around than the 80's. |
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Post by markhoopy on Apr 13, 2022 10:22:27 GMT 1
And India, as Steve says population increase is having a detrimental effect. Up by 5 million in the last year. 28 new coal-fired power stations are currently being built in India. 95 in China. By the time carbon-based electricity production is ended worldwide Skegness will be under 3 metres of North Sea, so at least one positive aspect to look forward to  |
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Post by steve h on Apr 13, 2022 13:18:08 GMT 1
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