[Updated] New petrol & diesel car sales banned from 2030
01-08-2017, 23:03
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
I know someone who did a bit of consulting for this lot. Seems promising, refill in minutes at a filling station just like you do now. It's quiet and clean so what's not to like? It might come to nothing but it shows where there's a will there's a way and that there are alternatives.
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02-08-2017, 01:10
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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Slowly and erratically is likely to eventually get you involved in an accident.
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No more so than riding two abreast, jumping red lights, weaving, ignoring cycle lanes and hogging the centre of the road; all skills acquired by the experienced cyclist to manage traffic .
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I know someone who did a bit of consulting for this lot. Seems promising, refill in minutes at a filling station just like you do now. It's quiet and clean so what's not to like? It might come to nothing but it shows where there's a will there's a way and that there are alternatives.
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Yep, there are alternatives but it's going to take some doing weaning people off the petrol/diesel tit.
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02-08-2017, 01:47
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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I know someone who did a bit of consulting for this lot. Seems promising, refill in minutes at a filling station just like you do now. It's quiet and clean so what's not to like?
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Interesting idea if it works, and is powerful enough.
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02-08-2017, 03:49
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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Are cars running on eggs now
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Probably what the marketing slogan "go to work on an egg" was invented for
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02-08-2017, 06:43
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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Happy to oblige. I will of course continue to cycle slowly and erratically to spoil your big motoring pleasure. No road tax, no MOT, no insurance and not a care in the world .
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Yep and a danger to many other safe motorists at the same time...
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Make cars pack up if you drive them for less than 2 miles. Might cure us of diabetes and being a fat lazy generation too.
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More generalising l see Mr K.
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02-08-2017, 07:53
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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Are cars running on eggs now
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no they're not and they're not running on memory cards i phones or computers /tv's they still need fuel [electricity]
if they could run on sarcasm i would buy 2 i have a lifetime supply of fuel
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02-08-2017, 08:34
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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no they're not and they're not running on memory cards i phones or computers /tv's they still need fuel [electricity]
if they could run on sarcasm i would buy 2 i have a lifetime supply of fuel
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And the point that technology advances in ways we can't forecast, using those examples, obviously whooshed over your head like the morning flight to London (hope this helps refill your sarcasm reservoir, which is probably co-located with your bile repository...).
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02-08-2017, 08:45
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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And the point that technology advances in ways we can't forecast, using those examples, obviously whooshed over your head like the morning flight to London (hope this helps refill your sarcasm reservoir, which is probably co-located with your bile repository...).
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now now don't you upset yourself calm down dear
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02-08-2017, 12:41
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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now now don't you upset yourself calm down dear
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Projecting again, I see.
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02-08-2017, 12:44
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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Projecting again, I see.
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it's only a forum
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02-08-2017, 12:46
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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it's only a forum
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But is it?
That's what "they" want you to think...
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02-08-2017, 13:33
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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Yep and a danger to many other safe motorists at the same time...
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It's an inventive way of keeping you awake at the wheel old timer although it probably makes you dribble a bit more.
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02-08-2017, 14:01
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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It's an inventive way of keeping you awake at the wheel old timer although it probably makes you dribble a bit more.
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With age comes wisdom Kursk but obviously with you it got missed along the way.
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02-08-2017, 18:09
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
I reckon we're going to see a VHS v Betamax style competition in the market and someone's going to wind up losing a lot of money which customers will ultimately pay for.
Whatever options there are, installing the required infrastructure is going to be a massive task and those involved will want to be sure they have some realistic prospect of a return on their money. With all the usual governmental dithering and regulatory burdens (e.g. health & safety, planning etc.) to be considered I can see this turning into a costly debacle. It takes a whole lot longer to implement ideas than to come up with them and there's a real risk that by the time it's done the technology installed is obsolete.
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02-08-2017, 18:13
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.
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I reckon we're going to see a VHS v Betamax style competition in the market and someone's going to wind up losing a lot of money which customers will ultimately pay for.
Whatever options there are, installing the required infrastructure is going to be a massive task and those involved will want to be sure they have some realistic prospect of a return on their money. With all the usual governmental dithering and regulatory burdens (e.g. health & safety, planning etc.) to be considered I can see this turning into a costly debacle.
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but vhs and betamax were overtaken and replaced by stealing movies off the internet
will there be the theft of fuel/power option from these charging points
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