Impressed £67.5 billion... nope... 263 billion, and rising.

[Raven]

'fast charge'

It will still charge left out on your drive (if you have on, and a charging port) slowly over night. Like the old storage heaters.

As for HGVs, they aren't on the road 24/7 they will charge from hubs most likely, hubs that charge their own batteries 24/7 depending on the grid.

You're a fucking tool.

 

[Job]

Some kind of hub.

Well that clears that up, was worried there

 

[Raven]

That might well be down to the fact you're a bit thick*.

*a lot

 

[Scouse]

Some kind of hub.

Yeah. Matbe like the massive hubs they already have eh?

 

[Embattle]

The problem with trucks is more to do with the amount batteries weigh, in essence the amount required on some trucks would result in a unacceptable decrease in load capacity.

 

[Raven]

Well, we also need to stop needing so much shit. Source food locally, repair and reuse equipment and consume less plastic tat.

...and travel less, both internationally and domestically.

 

[Scouse]

The problem with trucks is more to do with the amount batteries weigh, in essence the amount required on some trucks would result in a unacceptable decrease in load capacity.

When they self drive you can do away with the cab and just fill it full of whatever magic tech comes along next

 

[Embattle]

When they self drive you can do away with the cab and just fill it full of whatever magic tech comes along next

The cab, the space the person sits in isn't much in terms of weight compared to the lorry and I won't expect driverless lorries any time soon

 

[Job]

Climate crisis: CO2 hits new record despite Covid-19 lockdowns

Drop in emissions this year is a ‘tiny blip’ in buildup of greenhouse gases, UN agency says

www.theguardian.com

 

[Job]

I will admit I wasnt aware they didnt know.

Scientists make major breakthrough in finding out why the Sun shines

Scientists have detected neutrinos formed during a largely mysterious process in the Sun, in what they are hailing as a major breakthrough.

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Raven]

My god you're thick. Have you been studied?

 

[Scouse]

I will admit I wasnt aware they didnt know

They've had a decades old working model that they managed to prove experimentally.

You can't 'know' stuff until you've proven it - but if their models explain things well then they use them, all the time leaving them there for other scientists to tear down.

What a great way to advance knowledge

 

[Embattle]

Want to offset your carbon footprint? Here’s what you need to know

Don’t just count on planted trees to offset your next flight.

arstechnica.com

 

[Job]

‘Why did it take nine hours to go 130 miles in our new electric Porsche?’

A Kent couple love their new car – but their experience suggests there are problems with the charging network

www.theguardian.com

 

[Raven]

Could Cornwall see a Lithium battery revolution?

British Lithium is prospecting in the county to find economically viable seams of the element.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sound's promising but will likely cause huge amounts of localised pollution.

 

[Scouse]

UK climate targets too low, economists say

The prime minister's recent climate plan won’t do enough to curb UK emissions, an analysis says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Job]

Just an interesting set of calculations..feel free to point out mistakes.

We have 24GW of wind power in the UK.
24Gw is 32.2 million horsepower.

A truck is around 600hp, so roughly 53 thousand trucks worth of power, divide by 3 to match turbines actual output.
= around 18 thousand trucks, whose engines could replace the wind turbine blades, the average truck runs for 3000 hours a year, so roughly times by three to get back to 50 thousand ballpark.

There are 450 thousand trucks in the UK a drop from 490 thousand in 1990.
, So weve already dropped 80% of the power wind turbines make since 1990.

This does not take into account how much more efficient and useable an engine would be than a wind turbine to make electricity.

Consider that just trucks in the UK burn up 200GW of power.
I cant find out how often trucks are using full power , so halve it as a wild guess and still its an incredible amount of power.
And thats just trucks.

 

[dysfunction]

Just an interesting set of calculations..feel free to point out mistakes.

We have 24GW of wind power in the UK.
24Gw is 32.2 million horsepower.

A truck is around 600hp, so roughly 53 thousand trucks worth of power, divide by 3 to match turbines actual output.
= around 18 thousand trucks, whose engines could replace the wind turbine blades, the average truck runs for 3000 hours a year, so roughly times by three to get back to 50 thousand ballpark.

There are 450 thousand trucks in the UK a drop from 490 thousand in 1990.
, So weve already dropped 80% of the power wind turbines make since 1990.

This does not take into account how much more efficient and useable an engine would be than a wind turbine to make electricity.

Consider that just trucks in the UK burn up 200GW of power.
I cant find out how often trucks are using full power , so halve it as a wild guess and still its an incredible amount of power.
And thats just trucks.

nah cant be bothered since you dont provide the link to where you're getting your data from.
Really just safe to say that you have it wrong.

 

[Raven]

Just an interesting set of calculations..feel free to point out mistakes.

We have 24GW of wind power in the UK.
24Gw is 32.2 million horsepower.

A truck is around 600hp, so roughly 53 thousand trucks worth of power, divide by 3 to match turbines actual output.
= around 18 thousand trucks, whose engines could replace the wind turbine blades, the average truck runs for 3000 hours a year, so roughly times by three to get back to 50 thousand ballpark.

There are 450 thousand trucks in the UK a drop from 490 thousand in 1990.
, So weve already dropped 80% of the power wind turbines make since 1990.

This does not take into account how much more efficient and useable an engine would be than a wind turbine to make electricity.

Consider that just trucks in the UK burn up 200GW of power.
I cant find out how often trucks are using full power , so halve it as a wild guess and still its an incredible amount of power.
And thats just trucks.

So you are suggesting replacing wind turbines with truck engines....? To provide power to trucks?

What?

Also, sources, you fuckwit.

 

[Scouse]

We have 24GW of wind power in the UK.
24Gw is 32.2 million horsepower.

This is true.

The rest of it? Who knows. Starting with why he would divide by 3? We've got 24Gw of wind power, not 8.

 

[Scouse]

Sizewell C: government reignites £20bn nuclear power station row

Talks with EDF could lead to energy customers being charged for construction costs

www.theguardian.com

So, if the public are going to pay for it, be responsible for cost overruns, be responsible for never ending waste "disposal" costs - why hand over money to the french state and china so they can run away with the profit?

If it's going to cost 20bn then we can spunk that on the back of covid and control the whole shebang ourselves, no?

 

[Wij]

Sizewell C: government reignites £20bn nuclear power station row

Talks with EDF could lead to energy customers being charged for construction costs

www.theguardian.com

So, if the public are going to pay for it, be responsible for cost overruns, be responsible for never ending waste "disposal" costs - why hand over money to the french state and china so they can run away with the profit?

If it's going to cost 20bn then we can spunk that on the back of covid and control the whole shebang ourselves, no?

The Tories would be horrified at the idea of the public owning anything.

 

[Scouse]

The Tories would be horrified at the idea of the public owning anything.

Yep.

It's madness. The only reason for public ownership in these cases is to ensure shareholders get a bite of the apple.

 

[Embattle]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nef2fZnL6tY

Big Carl’s biggest lift ends 2020 at Hinkley Point C

Spectacular 575t lift of steel ring for reactor cylinder caps challenging year

www.constructionenquirer.com

 

[Job]

Thankgod electric cars are going to save the polar bears.

‘No immediate decline in sight’ for global coal-fired power demand, says IEA

Covid pandemic has driven the largest drop in coal use since the Second World War, but consumption is likely to rise again in 2021

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Raven]

Coal has absolutely nothing to do with the electrification of vehicles, you utter pleb.

 

[dysfunction]

Coal has absolutely nothing to do with the electrification of vehicles, you utter pleb.

He is trolling as he does with every single one of his posts.

 

[Wij]

Thankgod electric cars are going to save the polar bears.

‘No immediate decline in sight’ for global coal-fired power demand, says IEA

Covid pandemic has driven the largest drop in coal use since the Second World War, but consumption is likely to rise again in 2021

www.independent.co.uk

It's still better for emissions even if the electricity for electric cars is generated from coal.

 

[Scouse]

Fucking stupid humans and their fucking stupid governments:

Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone

Scientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea

www.theguardian.com

 

[Embattle]

Storm Bella helps Great Britain set new record for wind power generation

On Boxing Day more than half of country’s daily electricity came from wind turbines

www.theguardian.com