farfromtheland
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Are we being forced to go electric?
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oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
There was a floating tidal generator moored at Connel near Oban for a while to harness the Falls of Lora. Seems to have worked ok as it was only there for testing and was towed away to get transported to Indonesia. The large generator propellors could be raised up out of the water for maintenance.
Slick
Guru
Similar thing at the opposite end of Argyll between the Mull of Kintyre and Isle of Sanda. Well known stretch of water called the barrels. Worked well in testing but never really heard much more about it.
oldwheels
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May well have been like the one at Connel and was destined for overseas.
Since the Westminster lot are not interested in them they offer no support and charge extortionate transmission charges on all Scottish renewables.
Scotland is apparently exporting a lot of electricity from wind and wave to England.
TheCheapBikeMan
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- Brussels, Belgium
Might be worth looking into setting up your own business / becoming a freelancer - then the majority of car costs - petrol or electric, could be registered as expenses, and would be taxed less than wages.With the cost of petrol/diesel going up by the day and now teaching £1.50 a litre, I wonder if it is a conspiracy by the automotive industry and the government to force us to buy electric cars?
Mrs G wants to go to Bideford soon to visit our daughter and it is going to cost me £100 just on petrol !!This is mad. Many families are going to be price out of motoring as electric cars are far too expensive for most of us.
A simple Clio is around £28000 !!
I despair for the future.
mistyoptic
Vintage
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- A parallel reality
Orbital Marine have a rig up in that part of the world. More information on their website here
https://orbitalmarine.com/
rogerzilla
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People will be forced to drive electric cars when petrol stations become so sparse that there is a 50 mile round trip to the nearest one, unless you live in a large town or near a MSA. This will happen very quickly, as petrol retailing is not very profitable anyway and a small drop in volumes means overheads will no longer be covered.
There may well be fewer cars on the road. That isn't a bad thing.
There may well be fewer cars on the road. That isn't a bad thing.
My daughter tried out Shell's first totally EV station. They converted an existing petrol station. This is in Fulham. Shell did a discrete launch to gauge demand. Half the 12 stalls were being used when my daughter used it in 2nd day after opening. Quite a few ICE drove in, parked up then realised.
A few van drivers dumped their vehicles and rushed to get a coffe from Costa.
There will be enforcement fines for blocking bays
Ahh so that’s what my BIL sent on WhatsApp ?! Anything else that was actually useful or just a stupid light show ?
Scottish Scrutineer
Veteran
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- Fife, Scotland
A mate posted a video of his Model 3 with lights flashing all over the place. I thought it had developed a fault.Ahh so that’s what my BIL sent on WhatsApp ?! Anything else that was actually useful or just a stupid light show ?
Made more sense with the audio on....
Pale Rider
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Back on topic however , read a reply to a thread on electric charging soon to be going in at the shops in my town. It was from a blind gentleman, whom then told us about a couple of accidents involving guide dogs and electric cars recently in the area. It would seem out lovely guide dogs training g has not taken in to account the reduced noise for leccy cars !
cougie uk
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There was an awful incident where a woman reversed her range rover over an OAP as she came out of her drive.
Clearly these octogenarians are speedy buggers - or else she'd surely have gone down for killing him.
Cars kill no matter what the power source. Rolls Royces aare famously quiet - I've never heard of any guide dog problems and I sponsor a dog each year.
Clearly these octogenarians are speedy buggers - or else she'd surely have gone down for killing him.
Cars kill no matter what the power source. Rolls Royces aare famously quiet - I've never heard of any guide dog problems and I sponsor a dog each year.
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