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Electric Car Charging
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Whilst the rest of Off Top is drowning in Songs that Involve Ferrets who Sound Like Elvis (or whatever the latest thread is) you post this to really show Off Top humour at its best.
Love it.
East Level 2
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The other option would be to have electrified wires embedded in the tarmac and turn the road network into a giant Scalextric set.Can we not just cover the country in electrified chicken wire and have poles sticking up from our cars like a big dodgem arrangement?
Ok you might have the odd pikey hitching a free ride on the back, and he might try and finger your misses behind the candy floss stall at the services, but that's a small price to pay.
Low voltage of course to stop the Health and Safety gang kicking off.
Should have spoken to these guys https://www.kerbocharge.com/
Should have spoken to these guys https://www.kerbocharge.com/
The council rejected that idea as well.
Somehow they have decided its a trip hazard. It's in the original story.
Bigg Bigg Blue
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We have electricity in Dukinfield, and gas so I think we should stick to petrol and diesel and say fuck the Government and fuck the tree huggersUntil the government/local authority sort the Dukinfield issue out there is no point in having a discussion about 2035.
Oh and anybody else now getting an advert telling me a company can sort out my e.v. fleet vehicles ?
Or asking if I want to test drive a e.v. Mini. ?
Was it that obvious I was referring to no electrickery !We have electricity in Dukinfield, and gas so I think we should stick to petrol and diesel and say fuck the Government and fuck the tree huggers
Note to self: must try harder. ;-)
Gremlin
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UK electricity is 33% from fossil fuels. Internal combustion engines are 100% fossil fuel (obviously). So, not non-polluting but certainly a lot less polluting. And that 33% is probably an overstatement as a lot of charging is overnight when the fossil fuel percentage is even lower.That and the magic non polluting electricity.
Bigg Bigg Blue
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You are very trying mate :)Was it that obvious I was referring to no electrickery !
Note to self: must try harder. ;-)
Bill Walker
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Most people here charge them on solarUK electricity is 33% from fossil fuels. Internal combustion engines are 100% fossil fuel (obviously). So, not non-polluting but certainly a lot less polluting. And that 33% is probably an overstatement as a lot of charging is overnight when the fossil fuel percentage is even lower.
There would be cars flying off the road left right and centre, I don't think you've thought it through, unlike me and my flawless plan.The other option would be to have electrified wires embedded in the tarmac and turn the road network into a giant Scalextric set.
Low voltage of course to stop the Health and Safety gang kicking off.
;-)
East Level 2
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I'm aware Scalextric crash barriers wouldn't stop an out of control car, but we have the basis for an idea.There would be cars flying off the road left right and centre, I don't think you've thought it through, unlike me and my flawless plan.
;-)
Also, I'm fairly sure drivers would control their cars slightly better than me and my mates controlled our Scalextric cars. And I mean slightly better judging by standards on UK roads.
Bloody sunlight boasting twat ;-)Most people here charge them on solar
Johnny Mars Bar
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I like the idea of an EV, no smoke out the back and nice and quiet. However, the rather large elephant in the room is the price and lack of infrastructure. I also think this one size fits all doesn’t add up.
The smoke just comes out the back of a power station instead.
This is true unless it’s from renewables. The bigger issue is the environmental impact of making an EV which is substantially more damaging to the environment than building an equivalent ICE car.The smoke just comes out the back of a power station instead.
That last sentence is spot on !I'm aware Scalextric crash barriers wouldn't stop an out of control car, but we have the basis for an idea.
Also, I'm fairly sure drivers would control their cars slightly better than me and my mates controlled our Scalextric cars. And I mean slightly better judging by standards on UK roads.
Johnny Mars Bar
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This is true unless it’s from renewables. The bigger issue is the environmental impact of making an EV which is substantially more damaging to the environment than building an equivalent ICE car.
What do you mean - scrapping a perfectly good existing car and replacing it with something made of precious metals mined across the other side of the world, shipped round the planet on a diesel tanker, combined with plastics and chemicals and filled with batteries with a 10 year life span and made up of unrepairable electronic components so it’s written off after a minor scrape, and all powered by electricity derived from fossil fuels anyway, sounds like the ideal solution to the world’s carbon problem to me.
* inhales *
In other news I’ve got a bridge for sale.
Are the ones made from precious metals like for kings and queens and oligarchs? Think you mean rare earth minerals.What do you mean - scrapping a perfectly good existing car and replacing it with something made of precious metals mined across the other side of the world, shipped round the planet on a diesel tanker, combined with plastics and chemicals and filled with batteries with a 10 year life span and made up of unrepairable electronic components so it’s written off after a minor scrape, and all powered by electricity derived from fossil fuels anyway, sounds like the ideal solution to the world’s carbon problem to me.
* inhales *
In other news I’ve got a bridge for sale.
Blue Maverick
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I believe vw have stoped making parts for beetles my mate sold his because of this, it’s like the are pushing people to EV whether they want it or notWhat do you mean - scrapping a perfectly good existing car and replacing it with something made of precious metals mined across the other side of the world, shipped round the planet on a diesel tanker, combined with plastics and chemicals and filled with batteries with a 10 year life span and made up of unrepairable electronic components so it’s written off after a minor scrape, and all powered by electricity derived from fossil fuels anyway, sounds like the ideal solution to the world’s carbon problem to me.
* inhales *
In other news I’ve got a bridge for sale.
MadchesterCity
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You’re being generous!It's eye opening when you go to other countries just how shit our transport infrastructure us.
Go to Denmark, Sweden or Germany and the combination of public transport and cycling infrastructure in their cities is like something from Star Trek compared to the UK. They're literally centuries ahead of us.
The UK is a shithole.
Really_here
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That's exactly what they're doingI believe vw have stoped making parts for beetles my mate sold his because of this, it’s like the are pushing people to EV whether they want it or not