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I'm with you BG, seriously thought about electric, hybrid. Then speaking to a mechanic in the Honda garage, he informs me you dont actually own the batteries they are on lease with the car, 5 years is about right but they can go a tad longer. Honda hybrid = £1500 for new batteries. Then there is the recycling of lithium etc. We have already a stockpile of Nuclear subs here in Devon we cant get shot of.
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« Reply #46 on: February 23, 2018, 09:34:09 PM » |
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Nuclear sub going begging, I'll take one. What could possibly go wrong?
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« Reply #47 on: February 23, 2018, 09:55:51 PM » |
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Nuclear sub going begging, I'll take one. What could possibly go wrong?
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« Reply #48 on: February 23, 2018, 10:12:56 PM » |
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... Honda hybrid = £1500 for new batteries. Then there is the recycling of lithium etc ...
When we were discussing this before I mentioned the problems of electric cars, including the batteries. See below: http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16479.msg231260#msg231260 |
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The secret of eternal youth is arrested development - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples - Japanese proverb
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired - Jules Renard
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« Reply #49 on: February 24, 2018, 08:50:22 AM » |
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I'm thinking I'm glad I'm the age I am because it's horrible watching the way so many things are changing ? One hopes things will get better and improve but it's a constant battle and us humans keep making stupid mistakes over and over,and bloody politicians who don't have a clue force silly rules etc upon us ?
From what I've seen I'd prefer Hydrogen powered cars..but I'm sure someone will prove me wrong ?
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« Reply #50 on: February 24, 2018, 10:09:39 AM » |
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I'm with you stinkey, had a great time mid 60's into the 70's. Then came the techie revolution and I never caught up. Can still build an engine and do up cars without a computer. All this new stuff is to deep for me. Hydrogen Fuel is secreted away by some oil giant, they don't want us Knowing to much.  |
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« Reply #51 on: February 24, 2018, 10:14:41 AM » |
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I think every generation probably thinks that way  Nobody likes change do they. The Victorians probably hated the industrial revolution too |
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« Reply #52 on: February 24, 2018, 01:07:51 PM » |
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There are supposed to be at least eight thousand patents which the US government have hidden away which could improve our lives. Anything which goes through their patent office gets looked at by the military first, and if it's any good they 'borrow' it in the national interest.
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« Reply #53 on: February 25, 2018, 07:13:43 PM » |
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Who gives a s**t about the US patents..let's see the uk ones ?  |
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« Reply #54 on: February 25, 2018, 07:32:20 PM » |
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Nuclear sub going begging, I'll take one. What could possibly go wrong?
It would be no good to you at all. ,lol,, It would sink with all the holes you would add to it |
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« Reply #55 on: February 26, 2018, 12:26:56 AM » |
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We did invent all the best stuff, I spose.
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« Reply #56 on: February 26, 2018, 04:40:33 AM » |
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Who gives a s**t about the US patents..let's see the uk ones ? The UK MOD have the same arrangement with UK patents as the US DOD have and supposedly have kept far more patents applications secret, than their US counterparts. It is standard practice for most countries, to refer patent applications to their defence departments for scrutiny, prior to publication. |
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« Reply #57 on: February 26, 2018, 08:33:08 AM » |
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« Reply #58 on: February 26, 2018, 08:59:58 AM » |
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I didn't know that -that explains why my patent for a banana firing machine gun was never accepted then.
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« Reply #59 on: February 28, 2018, 12:14:31 AM » |
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I have heard that they are developing your Shortcake firing Bazooka.
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