Funny how the permanently banned demo user who came back despite being told to never come back doesn't realise that Hydrogen doesn't need to be "made" per se, it needs to be split down. Hydrogen is the most abundant substance on earth, the problem with hydrogen is getting it from water, for example, and then storing it.
Yes it is.
It looks like me when I got my face stuck in the doors of a lift. It's horrible.
It's not "also a viable solution" it's about 10 times better than a battery powered vehicle. Yes, it's an electric vehicle but the important part is that you don't have to hang around for days on end waiting for it to charge.
No, it's actually not. A full charge from 20% on most electric cars takes over 12 hours.
Oh. Well we're back to battery powered cars so I don't want to talk to you about that because it's daft.
And what countries have fairly high and consistent winds, England and most of America don't, for example.....
Electric cars are not really very good, even hybrids. I'm right in remebering that a new Merc S500 is less damaging to the environment over the life of the car than a Toyota Prius....
A Nissan Note which is a small family hatchback costs TWICE, yes, TWICE as much as a normal family hatchback. There is a Peugeot which is even more and about half the size of the Nissan. The only electric car cheap enough for most people to buy is the G-Wiz and that's shit. I'd rather walk around London in rush hour with my penis out, on a cold and frosty winter morning, than even be a passenger in one.
Hydrogen is the future for automotive power, this has already been debated and proven beyond any recourse. You can continue to use existing filling stations, just replace the petrol/diesel with Hydrogen gas tanks and dispensers, you can continue to drive as you do now, fill up (takes 2 minutes) and carry on with your journey, you only use what you need (unlike electric which is wasted, eg when on charge and reached max power), streets will not be cluttered with charging points/cables, and I mentioned the couple of minutes to refuel, compared to the 12-18 hour recharge time of an electric car... last week I had to drive to Kent on work. It was 260 mile round trip, I left at about 7pm and arrived at my Hotel around 10:30, and then drove back the next day. All done in comfort and style.
It would have taken me 3 days to drive there EACH WAY with an electric car, so would have been near as makes no difference a full week to get there and back, plus I'd have girls laughing at me for driving such a crap car to begin with. How is that progress, and electric power comes from power stations don't forget, most of which still run fossil fuel.
Add to that the fact that if you "fast" charge the batteries (so 3-6 hour charge) frequently, which you will have to do in order to be able to do anything, like GO TO WORK, or GO TO THE SHOPS, then you will end up ruining the very toxic, very environmentally unfriendly batteries (of which there tend to be THOUSANDS in an electric vehicle) so...
To quote James May, the reason the car of the future is the Hydrogen Fuel Cell, is because it's exactly like the car of today.
And when did anyone mention nuclear powered cars, that wouldn't work. You use Nuclear/renewable energy for electricity, providing power to peoples homes, etc, and use Hydrogen to fuel your cars, buses, etc.
Yeah the wind and sea power (the big long wiggly snake) have some good figures but wind power is not actually as effective as you might think. There is one very large turbine next to a business park close by, which even on the most windy day is not powerful enough to supply the 3 (large admittedly) office buildings so in my eyes is more of a band-aid than a cure.
I remember that's the car that if you want to change the head unit, you have to CUT YOUR DASHBOARD APART. funny pic though.
It's OK, I got a a 3 month ban for saying that that guy who makes silly league races that no-one goes to was an idiot for sending me emails inviting me, saying I'd joined his team! (i hadn't). and that the forum didn't want children. OK so there aren't people who are more stupid than me...S3 PLZZ??W?!?!?/1/1?????
A 6 month ban is crazy especially for a long standing member who's not doing anything wrong before.
A warning if mods deemed it inapropriate would have been more just. As for Racism/racist jokes, I'm not a racist, but I make racial jokes, about blacks, whites, asian, fat people, thin people...because joking about a common stereotype, whether it's true or not, does not equate to racism.
If someone finds it offensive I'll apologise and bear that in mind when talking to that person in the future however most black people laugh if you suggest they stole their 42 inch tv. Most Asian people laugh if you say that their parents would beat them with a cabbage roll if they didn't do their homework. I would know as i've been in situations like that and only the most stuck up, reverse-racism type of person would take offence to the odd joke. There's a difference between violently attacking a person of a certain race, culture or relgion out of unjustified hatred, or treating them like crap because they are <whatever, or forcing people of a certain race etc to not do certain things (racism) to making a joke which only about 5% of the people of that demographic you joked about would find offensive............
Not heard anything, but it's quite clear from the amount of developmental work which can be seen over the last few years that the LFS project is coming along swimmingly.
What's my nuclear standpoint got to do with concern for others? My standpoint is that logically and risk vs reward it's safe and yes I would happily raise my family on nuclear power. Livable conditions, yeah right; the caves we'll have to live in in about 200 years would be great for everyone because some people don't do what is necessary to ensure the continuous supply of power to the people.
I mean what part of nuclear powerplant doesn't equal irradiated wasteland don't you get, I think you're just being obtuse because you enjoy it. I've read the banana article because I actually saw it on Wednesday when it was published on BBC as I read it at work from time to time. Fact.
Well that's fine if you don't, but realise there are people who do and people who spend weekends polishing and claying their paint don't take kindly to damage. So expect a kipper round the face, comedy style.
Depends what sort of tuning box it is. Most of them just bypass the fuel temperature sensor and make it think it's about -20 degrees so it floods the engine with diesel which, yes, increases power but also wrecks injectors and kills the turbo. Generally more fuel in = needs more PSI on the turbo to keep everything flowing. Maybe MG do the MAF exchange, at VW you can exchange your MAF and ends up costing about £80 You can also get MAF mapped out with a custom remap.
Ahh, I see. Makes sense I suppose. Nearly all VAG turbos are VNT and it can be a bit of a problem. Generally though as long as you don't labour your turbo for weeks on end it'll be fine. Generally mapped cars don't suffer from vnt failure (I say failure, what actually happens is carbon and soot deposits gung up and basically jam the control blades inside). Mines fine at the moment, touches wood (including my own portable plank)
If that's a map it's a terrible one. Take it to Rtech they got 149/264 out of mine. Smooth graph too. If that really is the same engine as a 320d they will get about 175 out of it without issue.
Yeah that's so annoying. It makes me want to punch people in the face. If anyone did it to my car and I saw them, I'd kill them. Just a lack of respect from most people.
OK well I tell you what; how about I, and most of the rest of us enjoy cheap, clean power. You can sit there saying "oh noes we're all gonna die from nuclear1!11!!/1!" and how your babies and your babies babies will have 3 heads. You can get no power as you think it's all going to die.
And you're mixing and matching scenarios, saying you'd be using weapons grade plutonium as a fuel for a nuclear powerstation. Seriously...? That's not the only fuel they use nor is it even the most common. What a joke.