Neil Down Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 21 hours ago, quilp said: The mind can drift on the bus... Some just didn't return... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_manx Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 22 hours ago, Cambon said: Electric cars will not happen. There is far too little lithium in the world to produce the batteries. Like ultra HD, it is over before it has started. What will happen is restrictions on the number of cars or bikes you can have, or the amount of fuel you can buy. I think that though oil rich / oil self sufficient countries might be okay , the greatest growth will be in places like China which has to import oil. The Middle east /US nexus is holding the world to ransom by controlling the Oil and USD . China is aggressively pushing electric cars. More than half of all electric cars sold are in China.. I don't think electric cars will go away anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Despite all the obvious challenges and drawbacks, most of the major manufacturers are fully committed to autonomous electric vehicles. Another dumbing down of the population, we won't need to think for ourselves shortly, there will be some machine doing that for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 it will all go a bit madmax....... who gets the blame- the owner or the autonomous car in a crash...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 worth a read...... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-16/the-dirt-on-clean-electric-cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 19 hours ago, Max Power said: Despite all the obvious challenges and drawbacks, most of the major manufacturers are fully committed to autonomous electric vehicles. Another dumbing down of the population, we won't need to think for ourselves shortly, there will be some machine doing that for you! ..........well I've lived through the golden years and I'm glad I will be dead before the world completely loses it's head, although it will be a close thing the way total idiocy appears to be an accelerating trend....... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Electric cars will form a major part of vehicles in the future, as technological progress is made, the result will be much cheaper vehicles, fantastic range and extremely quick charging without massive Kw charge points. Autonomous cars I'm not so sure about as I believe there'll be a backlash by humanity to stop it, yes we like machines doing things for us but there's a tipping point where we humans realise that we want to remain in control despite the premise of a perfect utopia of machines controlling everything. I also believe that internal combustion engine has a future, technology will advance so much that ICE vehicles will produce zero or close to zero emissions and give a huge range per litre. I also believe that extremely stable and safe mini-nuclear power units will be produced and used in vehicles, once the issue of waste disposal is sorted. I am ever hopeful that some bright spark will produce an engine/motor/power unit that runs on piss (somehow use the ammonia in piss to produce energy somehow) but that may just be wishful thinking on my part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Machines will kill us all and take over the World . So who's going to sit in their autonomouse cars? Ha! Then they'll be sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 38 minutes ago, yootalkin2me said: Electric cars will form a major part of vehicles in the future, as technological progress is made, the result will be much cheaper vehicles, fantastic range and extremely quick charging without massive Kw charge points. Autonomous cars I'm not so sure about as I believe there'll be a backlash by humanity to stop it, yes we like machines doing things for us but there's a tipping point where we humans realise that we want to remain in control despite the premise of a perfect utopia of machines controlling everything. I also believe that internal combustion engine has a future, technology will advance so much that ICE vehicles will produce zero or close to zero emissions and give a huge range per litre. I also believe that extremely stable and safe mini-nuclear power units will be produced and used in vehicles, once the issue of waste disposal is sorted. I am ever hopeful that some bright spark will produce an engine/motor/power unit that runs on piss (somehow use the ammonia in piss to produce energy somehow) but that may just be wishful thinking on my part. lithium will run out well before oil..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 1 hour ago, yootalkin2me said: Electric cars will form a major part of vehicles in the future, as technological progress is made, the result will be much cheaper vehicles, fantastic range and extremely quick charging without massive Kw charge points. Autonomous cars I'm not so sure about as I believe there'll be a backlash by humanity to stop it, yes we like machines doing things for us but there's a tipping point where we humans realise that we want to remain in control despite the premise of a perfect utopia of machines controlling everything. I also believe that internal combustion engine has a future, technology will advance so much that ICE vehicles will produce zero or close to zero emissions and give a huge range per litre. I also believe that extremely stable and safe mini-nuclear power units will be produced and used in vehicles, once the issue of waste disposal is sorted. I am ever hopeful that some bright spark will produce an engine/motor/power unit that runs on piss (somehow use the ammonia in piss to produce energy somehow) but that may just be wishful thinking on my part. Well you wish is partially met, synthetic piss is basically what adblue is for diesels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 how much has iomg sold/leased the plot for........ who is funding the build after the banks said no.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 17 hours ago, woody2 said: lithium will run out well before oil..... Maybe so but there are other chemicals that can and will be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, yootalkin2me said: Maybe so but there are other chemicals that can and will be used. like oil....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, woody2 said: like oil....... As stated previously, petrol & diesel (oil) will still play a significant part in future transport. There are a variety of chemical and compounds that can be used in batteries such as cobalt, plus there will be compounds that will be used in future battery tech that have not yet been discovered or invented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 38 minutes ago, woody2 said: like oil....... Australia to prolong their use of coal as a source of energy. https://www.afr.com/news/politics/prolong-the-life-of-coalfired-power-stations-in-the-national-electricity-market-says-australian-energy-market-operator-20180716-h12r9n Without giving any indication of how long they intend to prolong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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