05-08-2014, 08:15 AM
Yet the UK ran the scrapage scheme to get dirty, old, inefficient cars off the road and replace them with shiny new ones.
Actually more about propping up the motor industry, but YMMV.
The sensible thing to do would be to address the current installed base. So that's bio fuels.
But that needs to be done in lab conditions with agle or something designed and engineered for the task, not using vast tracts of land to grow fuel (palm oil & sugar cane).
For public transport IMHO due to the constant stop and start, electric buses make some sense over diesel.
For pollution reasons and use of fuel whilst idling etc.
One thing I saw were rapid charging points above bus stops, rather than wires everywhere.
Doesn't have to be stored battery power, can use large flywheel mass for example.
Business doesn't like recycle or extended use. There is no profit in it for them.
They need to sell you something new and better. Constantly. To make money for shareholders.
The entire system is skewed to consume resources and destroy the planet.
It would need apocalyptic change to move us over to a green mind set.
A massive reduction in our living standards and would have to happen everywhere at once.
All we are doing right now is window dressing.
The "Pious" is a good example of that. Make a few hipsters feel good whilst ignoring the actual issues.
Actually more about propping up the motor industry, but YMMV.
The sensible thing to do would be to address the current installed base. So that's bio fuels.
But that needs to be done in lab conditions with agle or something designed and engineered for the task, not using vast tracts of land to grow fuel (palm oil & sugar cane).
For public transport IMHO due to the constant stop and start, electric buses make some sense over diesel.
For pollution reasons and use of fuel whilst idling etc.
One thing I saw were rapid charging points above bus stops, rather than wires everywhere.
Doesn't have to be stored battery power, can use large flywheel mass for example.
Business doesn't like recycle or extended use. There is no profit in it for them.
They need to sell you something new and better. Constantly. To make money for shareholders.
The entire system is skewed to consume resources and destroy the planet.
It would need apocalyptic change to move us over to a green mind set.
A massive reduction in our living standards and would have to happen everywhere at once.
All we are doing right now is window dressing.
The "Pious" is a good example of that. Make a few hipsters feel good whilst ignoring the actual issues.