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Aren’t they like a BEV Lots of CO2 in production But once they are operating sfa CO2 Let us know I don’t know much at all about wind farms but they seem to be getting awfully popular |
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You're going off on a tangent - hydrogen is a waste of time for passenger vehicles. |
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If you want an example of another way of using hydrogen in an internal combustion engine - Toyota has a great example of it at the moment:
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There's a vehicle using hydrogen like you would unleaded in an internal combustion engine, and its a piece of ****. You can use it as a fuel cell to generate electricity for an electric motor, but then you take into account all the problems of making and storing hydrogen, when you can do the exact same thing with a normal EV that you just plug into the wall with existing infrastructure. BMW tried the exact same thing in the early 1990s and again in 2007 with their Hydrogen 7, and it did 50L/100km on hydrogen and made a heap less power on hydrogen than the unleaded version of their V12. |
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Solar is only viable because of government subsidies.
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I find it very cost effective but I'm not connected to the grid.
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Well there you go, I'm not contributing, driving up the energy prices and sending the country broke by eating out as well. Think I better not get that haircut.
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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26-11-2023, 05:48 PM | #10 | |||
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I own a diesel Territory.
A vehicle only produced because of a threat from Ford to pull out of manufacturing in Aus when it did not confirm to euro 5. If you accelerate in this vehicle you add a couple of degrees to climate change. |
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26-11-2023, 02:57 PM | #12 | |||
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Solar is just everywhere now and my understanding is it is doing a great job for people with panels on their house and dragging the cost of electricity down. But happy to hear alternative views. |
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26-11-2023, 02:58 PM | #13 | |||
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26-11-2023, 02:59 PM | #14 | |||
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We have seen the light and now run in my case low emission euro three cylinder petrol and in Franco s case a relatively cleaner four cyl euro, relatively being a relaxed term. |
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26-11-2023, 03:04 PM | #15 | |||
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Case in point, the WZ Fiesta ST which replaced it does 6.5L/100km and makes the same amount of torque as the LV TDCI Focus from 1500 RPM (instead of 2000 RPM) with an extra 59KW of power, its 400cc smaller capacity at 1.6L vs 2L. So to save .8L/100km you made 59KW less power and the same amount of torque 500 RPM later, with more expensive maintenance costs because the filters cost 2.5x more. Add in now Euro 5/6 diesels have SCR and a $6000-$8000 DPF in the exhaust and its another expense added. There's a lot of life left in ICE (internal combustion engine, not glass BBQ type), but diesel and hydrogen ain't it for passenger vehicles. Nor is hydrogen a replacement for other usages like natural gas - it'll leak out of the pipes of existing infrastructure because of its tiny molecule size. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 26-11-2023 at 03:10 PM. |
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Watch what will happen - we'll get close to Euro 7/Euro 8 and Bosch will suddenly come out with something they've been sitting on for years saying - oh look, we have a way to make diesel engines meet Euro 7/8 emissions regulations! How convenient!
They have form holding back technology they've created until things look like its coming to an end, then suddenly they've 'saved the day' again and the OEMs are beholden to their fuel injection systems. |
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Back on Topic, Ford are using some of VW’s architecture for their European EV’s.
How do we think that’ll go. I have my opinion |
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They struggle to make normal cars that last more than 5 years before they become economic write offs let alone EVs that they're brand new to. |
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Guess what happened to all of the parts supplies that VW thought it would make a profit on… |
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