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Diesel/Petrol Car Sales Ban
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BrianW | Report | 26 Jul 2017 13:42 |
The proposed ban on fossil fuel car sales from 2040 has the potential to outlaw car ownership for the poor. Many on the lower end of the income scale live in properties that do not have a garage of private parking area and leave their cars on the road. |
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'Emma' | Report | 26 Jul 2017 13:56 |
My OH got all worked up about it Brian |
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Caroline | Report | 26 Jul 2017 14:01 |
Another case of someone not thinking fully about it before stating their intentions. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Jul 2017 15:35 |
Gove proves once more that he is incapable of connected thought or understanding law. He is of course in kindrid company. Meanwhile the nox disaster which has led to the Supreme Court ruling rolls on without any meaningful resolution. Indeed electric trains for the Gwr and the North are to be replaced by diesel. |
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Caroline | Report | 26 Jul 2017 15:59 |
Would we need cars?.......food delivered to your home.....work from home.....etc etc....then the delivery trucks would just plug in at their depot |
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AnninGlos | Report | 26 Jul 2017 16:43 |
I don't think many of us need bother about it. I, for one, would be nearly 100 and even if still here will certainly not be bothering about driving. :-D :-D |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 26 Jul 2017 16:57 |
Toyota, Honda & Hyundai have all produced hydrogen fuelled cars. By then perhaps they will be a credible & cheaper alternative to all-electric powered cars? |
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BrianW | Report | 26 Jul 2017 17:13 |
IMHO plug-in electric cars are a dead end and once again the Government is backing the wrong horse. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 26 Jul 2017 17:22 |
Our new to us 3 year old car has an eco function. Basically it means that if you've been stationary for a couple of minutes, the engine cuts out. It restarts when you engage a gear or press the accelerator. |
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supercrutch | Report | 26 Jul 2017 17:44 |
Perhaps all the parents who drive their kids to school could be encouraged to damn well walk the relatively short distances. I am referring to townies BTW. |
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'Emma' | Report | 26 Jul 2017 17:54 |
If they want clean air does that mean that any lorries |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 26 Jul 2017 18:16 |
Brian - LPG is extremely dangerous if the tank is ruptured - it sits there, in liquid form, under the vehicle and bursts into flame/explodes.. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 26 Jul 2017 19:00 |
The problem is that everyone is looking today's technology and trying to project how this might look in the future. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 26 Jul 2017 19:07 |
Joan - fully charged cars have a max range of 300 miles, so let's assume 250 for practical purposes. Assuming ambulances, fire engines, busses, lorries etc have a larger battery capacity, they'd probably be about the same. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Jul 2017 19:51 |
Without any govt vacuous promises the market will shift towards electric vehicles. It has made this eye catching announcement, utterly devoid of substance, hoping to divert attention from its paltry and illegal response to the nox problem right now. The matter will soon be back before the Supreme Court. The EU side of Brexit has noted Ukgov unwillingness to comply with the rulings of its own supreme Court and as a result will not give an inch on E.C.J. jurisdiction. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 26 Jul 2017 20:31 |
but how can a washing machine or any mechanical appliance be repaired "over the Internet" it requires hands on activity, not all of us push characters around a screen as a job of work, |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Jul 2017 22:32 |
Most if not all of the control systems of stuff from washing machines to cars to space vehicles are now digital and can indeed be diagnosed at a distance and to some degree be fixed. Stuff is rairly repaired in the classic way just faulty modules replaced. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 26 Jul 2017 22:46 |
yes Rollo but teletransportation of spare parts is not a go-er yet... still needs physical intervention.. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Jul 2017 23:48 |
In a state of the art modern warehouse the picking is all robotic right down to a pallet going into the truck. Amazon's people intensive system is way behind the curve. Automated trucking will happen within 20 years. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 27 Jul 2017 00:13 |
The problem with robotics is, one 'hack' or electricity failure, and they're (to put it politely) done! :-D :-D :-D :-D |
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