VW caught by the Yanks for breaking emission laws

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Originally Posted by bee utey

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It's like saying that heavier-than-air flight is impossible, then came the Wright brothers. It's like saying that there will never be more than a handful of computers world wide, then came PC's. Alternative energy is real and works, it will only get better over the next 5 to 10 years. Already some people in the world can buy themselves an electric VW Golf and charge it at home. This vehicle can already do what 90% of commuters require from a vehicle. Want more range? Have a second car with a dinosaur engine for weekends. :)

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Very limited in range. Takes quite a while charging. Charges from the power generated from the brown coal burners out in eastern Victoria.
It wouldn't get me to work.
Forget about interstate trips.

Solar cars! DiscoMick's preferred daily drive:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/861.jpg

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Very limited in range. Takes quite a while charging. Charges from the power generated from the brown coal burners out in eastern Victoria.
It wouldn't get me to work.
Forget about interstate trips.

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Whut? I thought you denizens of the Windy West were innovators and grew your own power, like this:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/860.jpg

bushfire in SA, new years eve at mosquito hill, i was on one of the strike teams.
while waiting to be released, we talked about electric cars, some people in favor, some against.

then i mentioned, how about an electric fire truck.

suddenly no one thought it was a good idea.

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Originally Posted by bee utey

Whut? I thought you denizens of the Windy West were innovators and grew your own power, like this:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/860.jpg

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The HHO generator works better.
When I fit the Hiclone, I'll be producing more power than I can use.

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Originally Posted by PAT303

Seriously Mick you live in fantasy land :confused:,we won't change to electric cars for the same reason our power production won't change from coal,because alternatives don't work.Environmentalists/hippys/tree huggers what ever you call them are the worlds biggest hypocrites,all of them want to save the world but don't want to sacrifice their daily conveniences to do it,your a good example,why didn't you buy an electric vehicle re-charged from solar panels on your roof instead of your Mazda?,don't whinge about other people polluting the environment when your contributing your fair share ;). Pat

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I completely disagree. The alternatives already work. Its not far away. You should catch up with what's actually happening right now. It is real. It is coming. Get ready.

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The alternatives already work. I

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yes but only when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing :)

It's only a matter of time before cars are electric or powered by some other form of energy.

I am no greenie at all, but I have run a class of racing for electric bikes in my race series for four years now. The first year it was a sad and bad joke, they hardly ever finished a race and they were that slow that my D1 would have passed them down the front straight at EC. The second year they got better but still nothing to write home about. Four years later and the most powerful motorbike racing in the series, which includes factory team Superbikes as tested on our Dyno is a electric bike with over 220 rear wheel horsepower.

The gains in technology in four short years is astounding to watch, anyone who can't see how this technology will soon become the norm for transport is wearing blinkers.
Forget about lack of range, that is changing to, so is recharge times, these bikes can recharge now in 15 minutes after a race using a single phase outlet, it used to take them 4 hours plus.
There are cars available now that can do 400 kilometres between charges, as I said this technology is going ahead in leaps and bounds, it's only a matter of time before it gets to a price and efficiency tipping point. It might actually be global warming that drives this to happen as burning coal is less polluting and has less global warming consequences then burning petrol and diesel.

As I said I'm no greenie but if you are close to this stuff it is obvious where it is going.

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yes but only when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing :)

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Things have developed.

According to Mr Wiki, electric cars have been around since the late 1800s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...ectric_vehicle

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The high cost, low top speed, and short range of battery electric vehicles, compared to later internal combustion engine vehicles, led to a worldwide decline in their use

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Still got most of the same issues.
Hands up those that have an electric car.
A friend owns one. It's very nice. It has convinced me the electric car is not for me.

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

Things have developed.

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not really.
storage, looks good, but isnt proven yet. and is still expensive