Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 16:05 ...are these the same 'someones' who walk or use a Bicycle where possible for short journeys;
I could be labelled as one of them but rest assured I do it for totally different reasons
Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 16:05 ...are these the same 'someones' who walk or use a Bicycle where possible for short journeys;
Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 16:05 I don't believe all this propaganda about Diesels, it seems that, as usual, someone's jumped on a band-wagon and chosen to be a Sheep....
That would make a superb A-level science/economics question!van ordinaire wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 20:46 How can shipping buses from China be environmentally sound?
white exec wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 21:01
It does seem a crying shame that "the country that leads the world" cannot even manage to build something as simple as an electric bus. It's not as if we never knew how to do it, and it isn't rocket science. Perhaps we're just waiting for the Chinese to set up their UK plant?
NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 21:24
I wonder if Shipping Costs must just be too cheap! Ditto with the import of cars/buses/ bits of locos to be assembled in the uk. Surely it must cost a fortune to ship these items from the far east to the UK.
Regards Neil
white exec wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 08:06 ............. If Toyota and VW aren't careful, they'll end up simply being leapfrogged by BYD - and that may be no bad thing..........
bobins wrote: ↑03 Mar 2018, 18:43
Presumably all BEVs are more than capable of keeping occupants of a stranded car warm overnight (5-8 hours ?) and drive to a charging point when the road gets cleared ? Serious question - by the way ! I've no idea what sort of charge the various heating / aircons take out of the batteries. Anyone able to put some figures to it regarding heating the inside of the car vs range attrition ? Is it actually so small that it's of no concern ?
there's certainly some weird stuff going on with the railways when stuff like that is true. What happened to our industry?!NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑28 Feb 2018, 21:24 EWS placed a contract with North American based EMU for 250 locomotives, which they judged to be more reliable, and have lower major rebuild costs, and longer time periods between rebuilds than comparable locomotives available in the UK.
I wonder if Shipping Costs must just be too cheap! Ditto with the import of cars/buses/ bits of locos to be assembled in the uk. Surely it must cost a fortune to ship these items from the far east to the UK.
Economy of scale... Quite amazing really but it's the reason, after questionable quality in some instances, why Far Eastern stuff is so cheap...Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 17:01 I was watching something or other a while back where one of the largest modern container ships was mentioned; its capacity was simply mind-boggling and apparently the cost of transporting a DVD Player by sea from China, worked out at less than 2 first class stamps.
Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 17:01 I noted with some sadness, on a completely different scale, that two different UK eBay'ers failed to deliver me a simple windscreen mount, causing much irritation, but one China-man sent it no problem: delivery takes a couple of weeks, but increasingly, I seem to get better service from the Far East; doesn't make me happy to say it, but its true.