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The Texas weather is due to climate change. That emphasises that we must do something about it now.
All electric motorhomes.... Possible or not?
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I heard of a 1978 Lincoln Continental for sale with a goosed engine. I contacted the place in Wales that converts vehicles to electric, thinking it would be a big nice comfortable car, the quote for conversion was, wait for it, £70,000!
Who wouldn’t want a green Lincoln Continental?
Who wouldn’t want a green Lincoln Continental?
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Final post on this.
Only a few months ago we were being told we have never managed to develop a vaccine against the SARS corona virus, and that we may never be able to. Well currently we have 7 vaccines being used worldwide.
Wars, politics, and anything that threatens our existence brings out the very best and the worst in us. Look at the advancements made during WW2, look what was done by the US in order to get men in the moon before 1970. To this day humanity is much further advanced than we would be without WW2 and the Cold War.
I am an avid reader of modern history and what amazes and perplexes me is where we are now, and how we got there so rapidly. If in 1950, you had told someone that a man would land on the moon in just 19 years, you would have been locked up in some asylum. Look at what we got from the space war, synthetic technologies, PCBs which revolutionised our world, improvements in healthcare, transistor radios, the list goes on. When we have to do something, we tend to do it.
Sorry if I am going in a bit here, but all of the obstacles preventing the use of EPVs will be overcome. And we may sooner than we think not even require batteries. But if we do they will be smaller, lighter, far more powerful, charge faster and will last the life time of the vehicle, and they will be recyclable. Please don’t apply current technology to what’s required, because as we have all witnessed in our lives, particularly in the past 20 years or so, technology is advancing exponentially at an ever increasing rate, and will continue to do so for many years to come.
For those concerned about how we will produce the power to facilitate this.
Currently we only harness less than one percent of the power provided by the sun and other natural events.
This technology is improving and will continue to do so.
Finally currently we produce nuclear power through splitting atoms, creating a risk of radiation, and spending vast sums decommissioning nuclear plants when they are finished. At some point this century most scientists believe that this will be replaced by nuclear fusion. A massive game changer. These power stations will cost one tenth the cost of a nuclear plant, produce 100 times more power. They will last for over a hundred years, and will cost buttons to demolish, and rebuild. Unless reincarnation is factual, we wont see most of this. But we will see it in its early stages.
Only a few months ago we were being told we have never managed to develop a vaccine against the SARS corona virus, and that we may never be able to. Well currently we have 7 vaccines being used worldwide.
Wars, politics, and anything that threatens our existence brings out the very best and the worst in us. Look at the advancements made during WW2, look what was done by the US in order to get men in the moon before 1970. To this day humanity is much further advanced than we would be without WW2 and the Cold War.
I am an avid reader of modern history and what amazes and perplexes me is where we are now, and how we got there so rapidly. If in 1950, you had told someone that a man would land on the moon in just 19 years, you would have been locked up in some asylum. Look at what we got from the space war, synthetic technologies, PCBs which revolutionised our world, improvements in healthcare, transistor radios, the list goes on. When we have to do something, we tend to do it.
Sorry if I am going in a bit here, but all of the obstacles preventing the use of EPVs will be overcome. And we may sooner than we think not even require batteries. But if we do they will be smaller, lighter, far more powerful, charge faster and will last the life time of the vehicle, and they will be recyclable. Please don’t apply current technology to what’s required, because as we have all witnessed in our lives, particularly in the past 20 years or so, technology is advancing exponentially at an ever increasing rate, and will continue to do so for many years to come.
For those concerned about how we will produce the power to facilitate this.
Currently we only harness less than one percent of the power provided by the sun and other natural events.
This technology is improving and will continue to do so.
Finally currently we produce nuclear power through splitting atoms, creating a risk of radiation, and spending vast sums decommissioning nuclear plants when they are finished. At some point this century most scientists believe that this will be replaced by nuclear fusion. A massive game changer. These power stations will cost one tenth the cost of a nuclear plant, produce 100 times more power. They will last for over a hundred years, and will cost buttons to demolish, and rebuild. Unless reincarnation is factual, we wont see most of this. But we will see it in its early stages.
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Cannot see any beach or smell it, damp trunks yes.We may well think we have been taken to the seaside, but no, we'll be in a room that can replicate any seaside in the world, the wind, the smell, the whole lot, including the damp trunks
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Funny you should mention milk floats.
Being the luddite I am, I still get milk delivered, in those funny old bottles. About a year ago, the blooming milky dumped his old float and got a Sprinter, not an electric one though, it's diesel. Thats my green virtue signalling out the window
Well Mark we at least agree on one thing my friend.
You are a Luddite, but I actually like luddites.
Because they are all eventually proven wrong Mark.
Thats why we call them luddites
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All that is fine but.
I will be buying a motorcycle soon, would I consider an electric one. No way
Will my next van be electric. God no.
Would I buy an electric motorhome. You got to be kidding.
Would I straight swap my 2.3 Saab convertible for an electric noddy car. Yeah right
I will be a petrol head till my dying day.
Using an electric vehicle is more expensive and more hassle.
"Oh. Better not use the aircon , we might not make it home"
Frankly I am glad I am not at an age where this is going to affect me. The future looks horrible
I will be buying a motorcycle soon, would I consider an electric one. No way
Will my next van be electric. God no.
Would I buy an electric motorhome. You got to be kidding.
Would I straight swap my 2.3 Saab convertible for an electric noddy car. Yeah right
I will be a petrol head till my dying day.
Using an electric vehicle is more expensive and more hassle.
"Oh. Better not use the aircon , we might not make it home"
Frankly I am glad I am not at an age where this is going to affect me. The future looks horrible
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Electric cars pay back is 7 years against what fuel you burn.
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Pretty much same as me in all of those points Martin. Couldn't agree more.
(By the way my package arrived this morning
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You should have watched 'the motorcycle show' where 'the worlds grumpiest motorcyclist' rode a Zero, him and Henry Cole rode his Kawa and Zero to café, they both love ICE bikes, they where both turned into fans of Zero.
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You state that like it's a proven fact and it simply is not. Its just an opinion.
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Our little Peugot 206 is a 2006 model Martin.
It does a gazillion miles to the gallon, tax is 20 quid a year and we can leave it wherever we want and not worry about it getting scratched or nicked. I've offered to buy Julie a new one and she says no way, and I'm coming around to her way of thinking.
Obviously the bike is a different matter because they're more important and huge piles of cash should be lavished on them.
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It's a different matter for Henry and co though Colin. Yes an electric bike would be fun to ride, but would Henry give up his collection of petrol motorcycles?
I very much doubt it, he may buy an electric bike for occasional use, but his first love is old British bikes and that will never change.
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Well Mark we at least agree on one thing my friend.
You are a Luddite, but I actually like luddites.
Because they are all eventually proven wrong Mark.
Thats why we call them luddites
What precisely am I going to be proven wrong on?
Drop the strawman arguments
The way the term "luddite" is often used, misrepresents the luddites.
So, I don't mind being called a luddite in the slightest.
All is good with me.
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Thanks Rob.
I been in love with the petrol engine since the age of 10 when I first stripped a Suffolk Punch lawnmower engine. I thought the con rod and the crankshaft were just about the most beautiful thing thing in the world. Putting the engine on a home made go cart and trundling around the village( yes times were different) was sheer happiness
Electric motors just smell of burning wire to me
I been in love with the petrol engine since the age of 10 when I first stripped a Suffolk Punch lawnmower engine. I thought the con rod and the crankshaft were just about the most beautiful thing thing in the world. Putting the engine on a home made go cart and trundling around the village( yes times were different) was sheer happiness
Electric motors just smell of burning wire to me
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What precisely am I going to be proven wrong on?
Drop the strawman arguments
The way the term "luddite" is often used, misrepresents the luddites.
So, I don't mind being called a luddite in the slightest.
All is good with me.
Sorry Mark I thought wrong was your middle name, maybe I’m the Luddite here, I mean luddites never knew they were luddites until it was to late.
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haha, writing a post about being a luddite, and me robot vacuum starts up
No way to talk about your wife Mark