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Old 19-11-2020, 07:39 PM   #31
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Geez I hope they leave a little more of the foredune area in that pic of the Sizewell, Surrey Plant. It may be a low wave energy area, but nature loves to throw long tails into bell curves...
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Old 19-11-2020, 08:01 PM   #32
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No more tradies i guess!!!
Why?

There are some epic EV utes under development at the moment.

Some probably already on sale in the US.
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Old 19-11-2020, 09:03 PM   #33
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so the knock on affect of no manufacturers making RHD ICE cars forces us to hybrids too then, whether we like it or not.
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Old 19-11-2020, 09:08 PM   #34
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https://techau.com.au/pure-electric-...ady%2066%2C611.

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During September 2020, there were 21,903 all-electric vehicles registered in the UK. This compared to 12,400 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vehicles
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Old 20-11-2020, 11:36 AM   #35
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Yes I'm sure it is until something goes wrong and when it does, it does big time.
TBH Not just greenies with this, Fukashima, Three Mile Island, Cheynobel people tend to remember these events for good reason.
There are nuclear plants all over the globe. Having no issues for decades. If all that has happened is one easily avoidable major one, never likely to be repeated, and 2 minor incidents, one which was caused by a earthquake/tidal wave?, then I think it's pretty safe if it's located in the right spot.
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Old 20-11-2020, 01:37 PM   #36
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So just shy of 22,000 EVs with a population of about 70M people, in a country with the landmass of about VIC and NSW.
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Old 20-11-2020, 01:52 PM   #37
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As if that buffoon would be in power in 2030 anyway. Nothing to see here, move along.
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Old 20-11-2020, 01:53 PM   #38
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Cozzo! Get back to work!!!

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then I think it's pretty safe if it's located in the right spot.
Along the coast next to the Australian cities would be perfect cause there isn't enough water out here to cool them.
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Why?

There are some epic EV utes under development at the moment.

Some probably already on sale in the US.
Tongue in cheek there BUD!

You must not remember the SCARE campaign of Murdoch and the Liberals at the last election when Labor took a similar policy to the people!
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Why does it have to be one way or the other and not a mix? This is what ****s me is the fringes of both sides drowning out what is sensible.

We're not going to switch to renewable power tomorrow so still need fossil fuels for some time but at the same time you have those who want to cling to fossil fuels and deny that renewable power has a place. Australia can do very well on the back of them too.

So you have hybrids as a middle ground but I don't agree with legislating it. The free market will sort it out but it has some way to go yet.

With a lot of our top trading partners committing to net zero emissions targets it is inevitable we get dragged along at some point or we will lose our ****.
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It's about setting a deadline so auto makers don't have to split their $$$ between programs.
How much $$$ will now be pumped into Battery Technologies over the next years which will rapidly increase densities, range of the vehicles. Also, major talk in European countries about the use of fuel cells/ Hydrogen in trucks being due to distances travelled, existing infrastructure than can be still used.

I think, if it were left to market, we would not see any change.
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Yet we still have deniers who claim that electric cars are a "scam" and that renewables don't and can't work.
that would be me!!

my evidence, " The First law of thermodynamics"
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so the knock on affect of no manufacturers making RHD ICE cars forces us to hybrids too then, whether we like it or not.
Precisely. We're just too small to have an independent voice.
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Don't you need lots of water for Nuclear ?, something we don't really have inland.
Might finally be the excuse needed to irrigate the water from our Northern parts where it rains for half the year.

cost would be offset by the amount of produce Australia could produce for the ever increasing populations in Asia.
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