I am working on hydrogen fuel cells ,the problem is they are incredibly bulky and large also stupidly expense materials to manufacture withduke63 wrote:If we are using hydrogen to power vehicles I think they will be fuel cell based.StMarks wrote:ICE Hydrogen conversion kits,, ftw.
The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
- Perkles
- Posts: 5889
- Joined: 11 Mar 2014, 21:51
- Your Bike:
- Location: birminghamshire
- Has thanked: 2152 times
- Been thanked: 1465 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
- Stonesie
- Posts: 2362
- Joined: 11 Jun 2014, 21:43
- Your Bike: BMW R1250GSA
- Has thanked: 1388 times
- Been thanked: 1465 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
I don't think that hydrogen is the answer for car's, trucks, buses, trains and even aircraft are better candidates but I know how buses are (not) maintained and the H2 fuel systems used to need replacing periodically.
I'm not sure if anyone has come up with a solution to Hydrogen embrittlement yet, the tiny H2 molecules soak into other materials/metals and make them brittle...
A worst case would be, hit a pothole in an old fuel cell car and the H2 line cracks.
Sorry, my engineering is showing in a political thread... Politics is just depressing.
I'm not sure if anyone has come up with a solution to Hydrogen embrittlement yet, the tiny H2 molecules soak into other materials/metals and make them brittle...
A worst case would be, hit a pothole in an old fuel cell car and the H2 line cracks.
Sorry, my engineering is showing in a political thread... Politics is just depressing.
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Our current system of moving people around in urban areas is so ludicrous and out of date.
These sorts of ideas are the future.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry- ... irst-mile/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
These sorts of ideas are the future.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry- ... irst-mile/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Jack
- Posts: 2629
- Joined: 11 Mar 2014, 21:49
- Your Bike:
- Has thanked: 1396 times
- Been thanked: 1636 times
- Contact:
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
All that ^^ does is move the problem underground and out of sight , also harder to reach for emergency services .duke63 wrote:Our current system of moving people around in urban areas is so ludicrous and out of date.
These sorts of ideas are the future.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry- ... irst-mile/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- D41
- Posts: 12951
- Joined: 22 Sep 2014, 11:36
- Your Bike: Triumph Daytona 650.
- Has thanked: 4295 times
- Been thanked: 1131 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Isn't that kind of how the London Underground operates??
Hint:- yes!
Hint:- yes!
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Jack wrote:All that ^^ does is move the problem underground and out of sight , also harder to reach for emergency services .duke63 wrote:Our current system of moving people around in urban areas is so ludicrous and out of date.
These sorts of ideas are the future.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry- ... irst-mile/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Eventually we will move around in vacuum tunnels that require no or very little energy.
- Monty
- Posts: 6707
- Joined: 12 Mar 2014, 07:59
- Your Bike: KTM 690 SMC R
- Location: Peak District
- Has thanked: 2116 times
- Been thanked: 2440 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
We do subsidise rail fares, they just happen to be Dutch, German, Italian, French, and Japanese rail fares.duke63 wrote:Because we don't subside rail travel like every other sensible country. Have road charging and use it to subsidise rail travel.D6Nutz wrote:For local journeys, we have become lazy and self centered. I don't see any way back from where we are, even pricing per journey will still be justified.. lift sharing just won't work because you won't be home the nanosecond you think you need to be. There will need to be something more than a minor addition to the cost before habits will change
For longer distance stuff the cost of shared transport has to stack up before it becomes viable.
For example, I'm going to Sheffield more regularly now. Even taking a branch line to reading, then to Paddington, into Euston, before finally Sheffield is actually quicker than driving (just if everything is on time).
To drive there and back, about £40... The train at the same time £170ish.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk
Once cars are self driving and thus speed limited, why would most people want to own one?
I'm willing to bet we have ridden pricing in urban areas within 10 years, if not sooner.
Have a read up about future planning for Birmingham City Centre. They are exploring the idea of closing the Aston Expressway and the city centre tunnels and also splitting Birmingham into zones and charging for driving from one zone to another. They reckon 900 people per year from respiratory diseases caused by road pollution. Every city is thinking the same way.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... ghbourhood" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Monty™© MCMLXXII
- D41
- Posts: 12951
- Joined: 22 Sep 2014, 11:36
- Your Bike: Triumph Daytona 650.
- Has thanked: 4295 times
- Been thanked: 1131 times
- Kwacky
- Posts: 38595
- Joined: 21 Oct 2013, 21:52
- Your Bike: Brutale 800RR, 1000SX Ninja
- Location: Brum
- Has thanked: 4325 times
- Been thanked: 8364 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
There's loads of social media posts about Johnson and his shambles of a speech today.
In the meantime this is being slipped through
In the meantime this is being slipped through
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
- kiwikrasher
- Posts: 8872
- Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 04:32
- Your Bike: ‘16 Thruxton R. '10 Multistrada 1200 S.
- Location: Kurrajong Heights, NSW, Australia
- Has thanked: 4589 times
- Been thanked: 4663 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
That speech even made morning news hereKwacky wrote:There's loads of social media posts about Johnson and his shambles of a speech today.
In the meantime this is being slipped through
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
- Monty
- Posts: 6707
- Joined: 12 Mar 2014, 07:59
- Your Bike: KTM 690 SMC R
- Location: Peak District
- Has thanked: 2116 times
- Been thanked: 2440 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Stammer’s speech was far worse, he literally created a new term of phrase for trickle down economics
Monty™© MCMLXXII
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... 2cyrXDa5bA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Monty
- Posts: 6707
- Joined: 12 Mar 2014, 07:59
- Your Bike: KTM 690 SMC R
- Location: Peak District
- Has thanked: 2116 times
- Been thanked: 2440 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
This is literally how fascism works, it builds schools, houses, hospitals, creates jobs, and then makes you believe someone or some group is going to take it away from you.
Monty™© MCMLXXII
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
As if 24,000 people make any noticeable negative difference to anything in the Country. Other than perhaps the positive aspect of doing jobs that too many lazy Brits believe is beneath them.
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
I see France have said Patel is no longer welcome after Boris made public his demands
I guess we could put her in a dinghy and see if she makes it across?
I guess we could put her in a dinghy and see if she makes it across?
- Monty
- Posts: 6707
- Joined: 12 Mar 2014, 07:59
- Your Bike: KTM 690 SMC R
- Location: Peak District
- Has thanked: 2116 times
- Been thanked: 2440 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
The fundamental problem is many people, mostly white, and English, truly believe they are better than them.duke63 wrote:As if 24,000 people make any noticeable negative difference to anything in the Country. Other than perhaps the positive aspect of doing jobs that too many lazy Brits believe is beneath them.
https://www.tiktok.com/@jezprada/video/ ... 5857555974" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
She's a bit harsh and there was no need to penis shame, that really hurt, but it's hard to disagree with most of what she says. It really is how many countries see us.
There's plenty to be proud of being English, but somehow you never see or hear those things.
Monty™© MCMLXXII
- Perkles
- Posts: 5889
- Joined: 11 Mar 2014, 21:51
- Your Bike:
- Location: birminghamshire
- Has thanked: 2152 times
- Been thanked: 1465 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
I love the UK and its people ,the current crop of government and opposition are a bunch of useless plebs
- duke63
- Posts: 15500
- Joined: 22 Oct 2013, 07:34
- Your Bike: Ducati 748/853 & Triumph Street Triple 765RS
- Location: Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 4177 times
- Been thanked: 4132 times
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
The videos being shared across the media must surely signal the demise of Johnson now.
We were refused entry to hospital in Mother-in-law's last days yet this bunch of cutns were taking the piss out of us all.
Shameful.
We were refused entry to hospital in Mother-in-law's last days yet this bunch of cutns were taking the piss out of us all.
Shameful.