marinheiro 352 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 we got side tracked in the depression thread so I thought I would start a new one to continue the discussion. HT asked about standardising location of the indicator stalk. This will never happen, Europe requires it to be on the LH side of the column regardless of whether the car is RHD or LHD, while Japan's local market wants it on the right (altho imports there do not have to change), as did the Australian market. The European manufacturers won't change in general just because they do not want to spend the money to re-engineer the column and there is not enough market pressure for them to do so. Like everything motoring is ever evolving, remember in the old days you could get your licence at 15 ( I read of one character who presented himself at the cop shop at 9.00am on the day of his 15th birthday for his test - and passed), but it had to be a manual car! Now probably 2/3's of drivers cannot drive a manual (I learnt on a 3 on the tree Kingswood) and a police mate of mine said most of the young cops do not know how to change a flat tyre! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 960 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I once rode motorcycles. This was a fav almost entirely because of its outrageous paintwork. It certainly wasn't because of its pinpoint accurate handling! I only owned it a short time - its ability to turn petrol and oil into smoke outstripped my ability to feed it. Picture is not mine, but it is identical in almost every respect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 you can also take fuel and turn it into heat, a few here might remember the turbine cars from the 50's and 60's unfortunately their fuel consumption makes a fire breathing HSV Commodore look economical. The P6 Rover had a weird front suspension to accommodate a turbine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Done Gleeson and Cox trucks have "We move mountians" Mountains of coal.🤔 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 643 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Meanwhile Big Boy 4014 makes its return. Go to 38 secs😁 Turn the volume up 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 People don't turn up in mass to watch an electric train go pass. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 960 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 they would here if it looked like this: They are freakin' amazing ot ride in. 300kph, smooth as. And when an express blows through a regional station at 180kph or more you feel the pressure wave before you hear it. Amazeballs. https://youtu.be/Cm6TLNitR0M 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 643 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, SloopJohnB said: People don't turn up in mass to watch an electric train go pass. And thats not smoke from coal its bunker oil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cantab 341 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, aardvarkash10 said: they would here if it looked like this: That would be Nuclear / Oil / Coal Electric Power, probably not popular around here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 960 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 hours ago, BOIGuy said: That would be Nuclear / Oil / Coal Electric Power, probably not popular around here. if we were big enough for nuclear, I wouldn't look back. Make those atoms do a decent days work is my opinion. Cleaner than coal, more reliable that solar and wind, smaller footprint than hydro. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 we can learn from the cautious scandis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Finland 5.5 million 30% nuc power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Sweden 10.1 million, 40% nuc power denmark 5.8 million, no nuc power stations https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/denmark.aspx norway 5.4 million, no nuc power stations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_in_Norway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 633 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I've owned something like 30 or more motorbikes, I am not sure what the attraction is but it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that there is something similar in the physical sensations to sailing. Whatever it is, there is some kind of magic that happens on two wheels that's as addictive as sailing. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 960 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, erice said: we can learn from the cautious scandis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Finland 5.5 million 30% nuc power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Sweden 10.1 million, 40% nuc power denmark 5.8 million, no nuc power stations https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/denmark.aspx norway 5.4 million, no nuc power stations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_in_Norway So Norway and Denmark share generation resources, and Denmark shares with the rest of Europe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jim s 34 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 about 25 years ago i read a book all about Chernobyl. about the first half of the book ran through the ins and outs of nuclear power stations and i recall that there were different types/methods used but some of the (earlier?) types needed 450 years of being fully manned after they were de-commissioned to prevent a meltdown... I'm sure the modern ones will be a lot better but who wants to let that gennie out of the bottle 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 31 minutes ago, Psyche said: I've owned something like 30 or more motorbikes, I am not sure what the attraction is but it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that there is something similar in the physical sensations to sailing. Whatever it is, there is some kind of magic that happens on two wheels that's as addictive as sailing. There is some sort of addiction that goes with it that makes me gear up in the thermals at least a couple of times a week to ride to work in these current low temperatures, even though there is a 4 wheel tin box with a heater sitting right beside the bike in the garage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 633 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Same here, any excuse. I read somewhere that the leaning sensations release endorphins and make you feel happy, maybe so but there is no doubt that you always feel good after a ride. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 still no one knows what to do with the waste canada - In 2005, the NWMO decided to build a deep repository dedicated to store the spent nuclear fuel underground. The $24 billion price tag of this 500- to 1000-metre underground vault is to be paid by a trust fund backed by the nuclear production companies. The spent fuel bundles would be placed in steel baskets wrapped together 3 by 3 (324 fuel bundles total) in corrosion resistant copper to form containers designed to last at least a 100,000 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Canada Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 back on topic, looking back on motoring in the "good old days" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,587 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Denmark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 when i was younger i wanted to fly all of the; swooping, climbing, banking, wind in the face freedom appealed but top gun never happened and cessnas + commercial aviation seemed very constrained however motorcycling ended up being the best source of those vitamins currently enjoying the back roads 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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