tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2889227914031157467..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: So that's it for battery cars then?Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-55775476865559137242020-02-12T22:53:14.260+00:002020-02-12T22:53:14.260+00:00Why not put wind generators on the roofs of cars a...Why not put wind generators on the roofs of cars and trains, etc, so that the electricity can drive the vehicle? That way you have a perpetual motion machine.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-7575423296123915112020-02-10T17:25:50.609+00:002020-02-10T17:25:50.609+00:00B. Yes. I know that really. It's just somet...B. Yes. I know that really. It's just sometimes, sometimes, you sort of just hope...Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-6288095850543736602020-02-10T10:46:41.621+00:002020-02-10T10:46:41.621+00:00"facts hammered into their thick heads"
..."facts hammered into their thick heads"<br /><br />What makes you think that they are interested in facts? All they are interested in is stories that help them and their friends make money and/or play well to the Party faithful.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-31341314979762514002020-02-09T19:17:29.945+00:002020-02-09T19:17:29.945+00:00All. Science has been deployed. It is now possible...All. Science has been deployed. It is now possible to make net carbon zero petrol and diesel. Industrial scale production is being worked on. Battery only cars are dead. As long as virtue signalling principles free idiots like Johnson can have these facts hammered into their thick heads.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-49051692729103427422020-02-08T23:39:48.521+00:002020-02-08T23:39:48.521+00:00Yep, some of us have been banging on about this fo...Yep, some of us have been banging on about this for years. Here and in motorsport magazines ;)<br /><br />The cost and impracticabilities of a battery economy just aren't realised by most people. Synfuels+hybridisation seems to be the cheapest, if the tech can be scaled up. <br /><br />A CO2 tax, with credits for its removal would certainly make things more viable. Of course, politicians prefer shroud waving to sensible econ. Car industry chiefs have said as much (not that they care too much one way or the other).benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-61762305281720414762020-02-08T11:20:16.988+00:002020-02-08T11:20:16.988+00:00I agree there is potential to improve the interna...I agree there is potential to improve the internal combustion engine. Ideally the output from the egines exhaust would have no sound, pressure or heat, as those things are lost power that could have gone to the wheels. Turbochargers capture some of it.Dinerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632385731642361211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-25051608711224677612020-02-08T10:40:33.878+00:002020-02-08T10:40:33.878+00:00B, fair point re used veg oil. That reduces the co...B, fair point re used veg oil. That reduces the cost a lot.<br /><br /> But it's a niche thing. If everybody did it, they'd soon run out of used cooking oil.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-46439341708509661702020-02-07T21:54:31.972+00:002020-02-07T21:54:31.972+00:00Also most biodiesel is made with waste cooking oil...Also most biodiesel is made with waste cooking oil, so effectively costs almost nothing to "produce", although that wouldn't apply to stuff bought from the supermarket.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14470304989705496552020-02-07T21:52:04.162+00:002020-02-07T21:52:04.162+00:00"Can they fine you for using veg oil?"
..."Can they fine you for using veg oil?"<br /><br />I don't think so. You can smell when a car's running on biodiesel, so it's not hard to tell. My brothers have run their cars on bio for years and never had any hassle.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-76708232077305413882020-02-07T19:37:11.673+00:002020-02-07T19:37:11.673+00:00This technology looks promising.This technology looks <a href="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/catalyst-rapidly-turns-carbon-dioxide-into-simple-chemicals-breaking-activity-record/4011149.article#/" rel="nofollow">promising</a>.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-67098058012437932572020-02-07T18:30:54.292+00:002020-02-07T18:30:54.292+00:00B, I meant cheaper as in "requires less resou...B, I meant cheaper as in "requires less resources to produce".<br /><br />Also, they can fine you for using red diesel in a road car because it's tax evasion. Can they fine you for using veg oil?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-44761544317927412662020-02-07T17:26:47.470+00:002020-02-07T17:26:47.470+00:00Mark, L's neighbour isn't paying fuel tax,...Mark, L's neighbour isn't paying fuel tax, so the comparison is £1.00/l for veg oil and £1.25/l for DERV. (Actually, it appears you can buy 5L of veg oil for £3.50 inc VAT, so that's 70p/l.) Mind you, if we all started doing it, the price would go up, plus you need a mini refinery.<br /><br />I still think that series hybrids are the best way forward, because of the superior performance of electric motors and regenerative braking. When all this climate madness is over, a manufacturer might make a diesel series hybrid and, hey, we'll be where the railways were seventy years ago.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14461098135127643312020-02-07T15:01:55.374+00:002020-02-07T15:01:55.374+00:00L, supermarket veg oil is not cheaper. It's £1...L, supermarket veg oil is not cheaper. It's £1 a litre without tax. Diesel is about 40p a litre without tax.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-4447146315666911322020-02-07T14:05:49.693+00:002020-02-07T14:05:49.693+00:00MW. By the way of things under freedom and market...MW. By the way of things under freedom and markets the price of the fuel would rapidly decrease. And what's more oil Sheikdoms would suffer. Or would they. Plentiful sunshine to produce green electricity for electrolysis plants would seem to ague against that. <br /><br />(A neighbour of mine uses supermarket vegetable oil to power his diesel 4x4. It's less per litre than diesel. He does some chemical magic and off he goes.)Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-76776622460659574932020-02-07T13:17:51.119+00:002020-02-07T13:17:51.119+00:00I'd be happy using manufactured fuel. They cou...I'd be happy using manufactured fuel. They could drop the duty rate to account for higher production cost.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com