Fleas on rats @Gwadien, so rats really, in the first instance.The plague wasn't spread by rats though.
That was just fear mongering, like you like to do Job
Once bubos are present yep - it's spread by mucus and fluid transfer, but the fleas arrived via rats on ships...Nah, most of the science points towards direct human to human spreading and fleas/ticks living on humans rather than rats.
Yes perhaps an agenda or writing a good story but also quite a bit of real life situation aspects there.
I thought it had some good points to take into consideration when deciding to buy electric.
Sounds to me as though things need to improve a lot before it will be replacing the petrol cars as someones main car.
You should be able to do a 300 mile trip without having to stop for example and not have to meticulously plan your route to find charging stations.
1) Fessed up in the title. 2) And that's nothing to be ashamed of: I often start long journeys with less than quarter of a tank.Started off without a full battery.
I stopped reading there, someone was looking for a story.
1) Fessed up in the title. 2) And that's nothing to be ashamed of: I often start long journeys with less than quarter of a tank.
Importantly; 3) He started his return journey with a full battery and, without having to queue for charging stations, the journey was still three hours longer than in a petrol car.
Chicken and egg. Consumers are not going to consume if the convenience isnt there.Problem is, even with the car manufacturers pioneering the way with electric cars, consumers are still picking petrol heavily, which is why the investment from Government is lacklustre.
Which is obviously bad since consumers won't pick them up until the infrastructure is in place.
I do cornwall to west london in under 4 hours usually. I can do my house to lands end in an hour. So 6 hours normal drive to west london is slow going even from lands end which i assume he wasnt.1) Fessed up in the title. 2) And that's nothing to be ashamed of: I often start long journeys with less than quarter of a tank.
Importantly; 3) He started his return journey with a full battery and, without having to queue for charging stations, the journey was still three hours longer than in a petrol car.
Great. So in the given example the best case scenario, with ideal charging conditions, is a three hour longer than petrol journey.I'm fairly sure that you would religiously charge your car over night if it were electric.
Chicken and egg. Consumers are not going to consume if the convenience isnt there.
Yes they will. Tax. Tax is what got people into diesels and its what will (and is) getting people into EVs. The Tesla S isn't one of the most popular cars in Norway because its an EV, its because relative to other cars of a similar size its taxed massively less. BMW expect a quarter of all of the new 3-series sales in the UK to be the hybrid, purely because of the tax benefit. Throw in a an increasing number of ULEV zones in cities and electric will start to get traction in the next couple of years; primarily in plug-in hybrids at first (there are tons about to come to market in the next 12-18 months) and then full EVs.
Great. So in the given example the best case scenario, with ideal charging conditions, is a three hour longer than petrol journey.
What a fucking win
Power stations arent wildly more efficient..those giant chimneys next to them are cooling towers that evaporate off wasted heat, factor in transmission losses, charging losses and battery heat loss...Tesla batteries are water cooled and thats,what powers the heater once you are going..plus the controller which is in the same water cooled circuit.Assuming it's a fossil fuel power plant it's still wildly more efficient (co2 wise) than burning it in a car. Infrastructure certainly needs work though if it's as bad as described.
Yes they fucking are you giant tit.Power stations arent wildly more efficient..
Agree. But that says to me that America is doing something right.The UK has a population of 70million and has 210k homeless children.