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It really is quite laughable this obsession with so called "green" initiatives. Apparently the amount of fossil fuel energy needed to make just the cement for the concrete base of a wind turbine exceeds by a big margin any so called "free" electricity it will ever generate.
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No they haven’t. I thought they were unaccountable and untouchable.
Alan Fairless
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The question I therefore ask is WHY? If the turbine is making power that is not needed then why build the bloody thing in the first place? The technology necessary to freeze and store air and then release it is far too expensive and quite frankly, pointless.
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I agree, but with Honda, Volvo et all planning to drop petrol and diesel production along with govt regulation where is there to go?
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Heard it on the news this morning,Honda will stop production of pure petrol and diesel cars in 2022.
The next environmental goal is to cut emissions/dust from car tyres and brake pads.
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Interesting thread Jim.
Apparently UK alone would need 3x Tesla Giga factories to make the required
batteries for current level UK car production......
Hydrogen power may well be more useful if metal hydride storage technology can
provide safe storage. Apparently if you inject Oxygen into oil/gas reservoirs you can
Extract Hydrogen. You can use some of the hydrogen to extract Oxygen from the air
But there’s a net gain of Hydrogen.
Hydrogen burns to form water in an internal combustion engine set up or can, with oxygen
Power electric fuel cells..
Not sure though how to make a network of thousands of hydrogen tanks and tankers safe enough?
Worth keeping an eye on these technologies, But petrol cars days are limited now I’m sure.
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Bill G
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China made and sold 1 million electric cars this year and e pacts to make 2 million next year.
Tesla built Giga car factory in China recently in 168 days? Capable of making more than 100,000 cars in the first year. source “Wired” website.
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Bill G
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