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Who Killed The Electric Car? |
pmerryman
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From: Oldham,Uk
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A bloke where I work, said the people in mexico run there scooters on the local rum? Not sure if its an urban myth.
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leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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you can run a disel car on vegitable oil - but its not recommended as teh Po PO while come after you (your car will stink like a chippy from behind)  |
SCORPIONKING1982
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From: Leeswood
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whats the point in electric cars anyway, the electricity to charge the batteries has to be made somewhere which is usually power stations which probably burn coal or something just as polluting anyway.
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leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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i reckon that tehy were intended for hotter countries where solar panels could potentially gather enough energy to run a car  |
carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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On 2006-05-26 14:26:51, leeboy13 wrote:
i reckon that tehy were intended for hotter countries where solar panels could potentially gather enough energy to run a car
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World solar challenge
Again, this is not possible, not for a conventional car. Honda's solar car is a single seater, with a top speed of approx 70 mph and slooooooooooooow acceleration. It's not very comfortable either.
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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Check out this Water-powered Car! 
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Krubach
Joined: Dec 05, 2002
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From: Sunny Portugal! :)
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In Portugal, in a few months, all Diesel mixes will have to have 5% Bio-Diesel (from vegetable oil: sunflower, etc...)
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leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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carkitter, thats quite amazing tbh
Goes to show tho (with all this oh, the environment, we must help.....)
The powers that be will never let this happen as theres toom uch money in petrol based cars..... the improvement to teh enviroment (you would assume) would be so great if this ws to take over..... |
carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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Theres no reason why it won't become mainstream. (Sidestepping your conspiracy claims for a moment), manufacturers would have to spend millions on R&D, retooling thier manufacturing plants and training thier service staff to maintain such vehicles.
It won't happen overnight but it could happen.
I'm impressed with how little water is needed. Though with droughts in many countries and water shortages from time to time, perhaps we shouldn't assume we could all switch to water power at the drop of a hat...
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leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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ummmm ok.... wasnt a conspiracy theory....... surely its logical..... The amount it would cost to switch would be huge....... car garage workers would ahve to learn theyre jobs all over again etc..... (there may be less or more breakdowns resulting in less or more jobs)....... could go on all day listing teh pro's and cons..
Was only chatting not trying to unravel a massive conspiracy
It just annoys me when some times we are made to feel that were are not helping when there are things that people in higher positions could possibly do eaiser (or a better word would be more efficently)..
anyhoots, the water powered car seems like a great idea |
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Posted: 2006-05-26 12:38
