02-08-2021, 07:19 PM
(02-08-2021, 06:07 PM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: As I've said before, pedal power and public transport has to be the way of the future. If everyone riding a tram/bus was obliged to pedal a generator to assist the inertia flywheel-drive on board we would all be as fit as fleas!
What, you live in the countryside? Tough, there's a price to pay for your bucolic luxury: either capture cow-farts or generate methane from manure for your car else you'll have to cycle!
Bucolic luxury? What bucolic luxury? I live just outside Bala, and, whilst I have wonderful views and no near neighbours, there are downsides to living in the countryside. Firstly, any serious shopping is 30 miles away in any one direction. There are many times I have been to Wrexham and then on to Oswestry and home, a round trip of over 100 miles. Until the electric car industry comes up with a vehicle with decent range and a charging time measured in minutes rather than hours,
I can’t see how we in the rural areas are going to still get around as we have become used to. I recall, not so long ago, having to travel up to Wolverhampton in the day and over to Blaenau Ffestiniog the same evening, total running distance of over 250 miles. A friend of mine, who owns a Nissan Leaf, attended the meeting at Blaenau and wistfully remarked that his then new Leaf would not have had the range to do such a mileage in one day.
Also, my water supply comes from a spring. We have had the driest spring and summer that I can remember, and the water supply dried up six weeks ago. We have been carrying water and relying on family and friends for showers and clothes washing for this time.onc eagling, what bucolic luxury?