Electric car advice

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PITA said:
WTF are you on about?

Now I'm concerned that you are on some very scary drugs.
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heat pumps replacing more traditional central heating systems. It's not exactly foolproof simple to track I grant you. They don't heat as quick or as high as traditional systems, and apparently they can be noisy as well. As for the pipes and boiler, they're well recyclable, all metal has become much more valuable.
 
Rita_Poon said:
heat pumps replacing more traditional central heating systems. It's not exactly foolproof simple to track I grant you. They don't heat as quick or as high as traditional systems, and apparently they can be noisy as well. As for the pipes and boiler, they're well recyclable, all metal has become much more valuable.
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It's not the subject of the post that confused me. I was just wondering why he wrote that in reply to my post.
 

Pootsy said:
Car Drivers are demanding cyclists have number plates and insurance and therefore accountability on the road. Intentionally adding to the cost of using a green method of transport. My point is if cyclists had to pay then they would be entitled to use much more of the roads as they would be directly paying into the system allowing them to do so. Its a lose/lose for the car driver.

As you put, it simply needs every road user, regardless of their transport method, to be more courteous to other road users and to be aware of the Highway Codes guidance.

Apologies if you read my flippant retort as some kind of F.U towards motorists, that was not the intention.
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Are cyclists allowed to use roads in the UK? In most of the U.S., unless otherwise directed, cyclists may use roads the same as any car.
 
Joey66 said:
They are run on electricity how is that net zero our national grid is run mainly off gas ATM
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I think the idea is to move away from a reliance on fossil fuel electricity generation long term.

However, that is proving rather difficult. You'll probably only do it by a huge injection of nuclear power. Which presents with all sorts other environmental challenges.

Hydrogen was the other possible hope, but im not sure that's panning out brilliantly. I think @Moomin knows this area well.
 

chrismpw said:
I think you'll find it's pedestrians too though. I'm a cyclist, pedestrian and a motorists- I think most people are. The issue is people and attitudes, not their chosen form of transport.

Sure, I'm regularly held up by cyclists - I never object to a family group, or someone cycling in to collect shoppingbir a newspaper. I do object to the time thieves who cycle for fun, in packs making safe passing very challenging. Are these the only group of people who do not have to pay separately for the enormous amount of infrastructure that is laid on by society? I can't think of another hobby.

But my most severe issue has been louts riding fast on pavements (or riding on pavements at all). I've seen a peleton do it in my town, to avoid waiting at roadwork lights - shouting at an old lady using the path. I've been nearly killed stepping out of a shop as sone teenager on an electric bike wheelied past me at speed. An ex of mine was hit from behind by a cyclist while running on a towpath, fell, dislocated her shoulder and it changed her life.

They're all gone in a flash, with no identification no numberplate to quote to the rozzers. Sure, I get your point that plates can be faked but not everybody would do that, and ut would be a separate crime in itself.

Maybe we should move away from car insurance and have mandatory road USER insurance that covers you for car, bicycle or electric scooter. Either way, I'd campaign long and hard for numberplates - preferably enormous ones with an enormous drag coefficient to help those who say they do it as exercise!
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So do you want cyclists and roads and not paths or do you want them on paths and not roads?
 
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SerenityNigh said:
Are cyclists allowed to use roads in the UK? In most of the U.S., unless otherwise directed, cyclists may use roads the same as any car.
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Yes they are. There are also rules around how cyclists and motorists should behave including how to pass others and rightbof way. Which is probably why miserable sods hate them as cyclists are given quite a bit of protection and onus is on drivers in larger vehicles to take precautions around smaller road users.

Equally some cyclists are utter utter tossrags and flout rules and do dumb things. They're not supposed to ride on pavements (unless there's a marked segregated cycle path) but many do and put pedestrians at risk. I had some tit with a delivery bag merrily coming around a blind bend on my side of the road last week.

I cycle as well. There's bad behaviour by many road users. There's a lot of angry white van drivers around...

www.gov.uk

The Highway Code: 8 changes you need to know from 29 January 2022

Rules for all types of road users have been updated in The Highway Code to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
 
Daveysgingerlovechild said:
I think the idea is to move away from a reliance on fossil fuel electricity generation long term.

However, that is proving rather difficult. You'll probably only do it by a huge injection of nuclear power. Which presents with all sorts other environmental challenges.

Hydrogen was the other possible hope, but im not sure that's panning out brilliantly. I think @Moomin knows this area well.
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I'm doing my bit, I've only used 4.6 kwh from the grid this month and I've exported 612 kwh.
 
The binman chronicles said:
I'm doing my bit, I've only used 4.6 kwh from the grid this month and I've exported 612 kwh.
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Daveysgingerlovechild said:
I think the idea is to move away from a reliance on fossil fuel electricity generation long term.

However, that is proving rather difficult. You'll probably only do it by a huge injection of nuclear power. Which presents with all sorts other environmental challenges.

Hydrogen was the other possible hope, but im not sure that's panning out brilliantly. I think @Moomin knows this area well.
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It's commendable for the UK to try it -but our global ommission is 2% of the world- stopping using our own offshore Gas & Oil - & importing it is ridiculous- never put all your eggs in one basket do it gradually we as a country will never get growth-
I would never gamble on an electric car - the infrastructure has to be there - seen too many programs on TV to see all the problems...
All a over in that post makes sense - but it has to be phased in - & the poor & the sick should not pay for it too!
Plus the grid got an overload in Spain & Portugal no explanation other than the grids being overloaded?
One professor stated the many solar panels could have been the problem!
 

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