Member postings for Anthony Kendall

Exactly my point: both cartoons are grossly simplified untrustworthy propaganda.

The original gives the impression that EVs are just as dirty as diesels. As this opinion is naive, misleading, and perhaps politically motivated, no-one should take it seriously. The idea is interesting, but the evidence supporting the notion is weak. All human activity is dirty, but some is much dirtier than others.

My version of the same cartoon chooses to give the impression that diesels are much dirtier than EVs. It also is untrustworthy; designed to create a different impression. Actually I'm not trying to sell EVs: the only value of my version is to underline the unreliability of the original.

Unfortunately the truth is buried in a mass of indigestible figures. And even after information has been extracted from the data, and knowledge from the information, exactly where humanity is going to end up remains unclear because much depends on what the majority decide to do in the future. Their view will not be ours, and change is inevitable! Of course there will always be chaps who insist of driving a Morris Minor, even if they have to drive 50 miles to pay £20 for a litre of petrol, and all the neighbours have long since adapted to new technology.

When inevitable change is approaching the worst thing humanity can do is fight it. It's better to adapt early so as to minimise the pain and to profit from new opportunities.

'TalkingPictures', is a TV channel and streaming service specialising in old films, TV drama, and documentaries. I often watch it. Much of the interest is in the background street-scenes because these clearly show motoring and society changing radically between 1930 and 1970. The lesson is nothing is permanent.

Ignoring change due to fear or lack of imagination results in horrible hard-landings. A better tactic is to predict what's most likely to happen based on available evidence and aim in that general direction. Not a simple process: essential to respond to new information during transition.

Dave

I see the internet has mangled the Cartoon. This is the right one! Dave

My problem with current BEVs is that If i travel to visit or volunteer at The WaterWorks Museum (142 miles each way ) the sort of BEV that I can afford is unlikely to get me home again on a full charge. So please don't quote me what a Tesla can do! My 1 litre Euro 6 compliant petrol, will; with another 200 miles to spare, l despite having only a 35 litre tank.
We can reach a holiday destination in Devon before needing to refill.
Battery /motor / control technology still has some scope for development. I C technology has been developing rapidly for a century, Battery powered vehicles for long distance travel has not, by the looks of it. Maybe we are returning to the days of my youth where there buses from outlying villages to town only on market days? Howard

In addition there is the advantage of using purely electric drive in built up areas and queues of traffic which helps the pollution problem by shifting emissions to out of town. regards Martin

Are we meant to feel sorry for the couriers who do a crap job? One of my worse jobs ever was as a 'desk jockey' with a vile bullying manager sitting right next to me for 8 hours so not all cushy. Tony

Rosalie used to wander around our village and sleep wherever she came to rest at the end of the day.

Lot to be said for walking a mile in another mans shoes. Regards Ian.

Haha. No pythons here. My mate up the road has them in his shed roof though. They feed on his chickens. I have a four-foot-long monitor lizard strolls past occasionally. But these guys are regular visitors. Sadly no pea hens amongst them so they never fan their tails out on full display. Still pretty cool to watch as they cruise past, pecking at the garden beds for delicious bugs or whatever it is peacocks eat. They were originally residents of the landscaped tropical gardens of the nearby old sugar mill, which is now long gone but the gardens' residents live on and stroll the encroaching suburbia.

Don't ask me about the sideways pic. This site has a mind of its own. Perhaps a passing mod can remedy, please?

I've enjoyed the one or two episodes that I found by accident, and was impressed by Siddy's knowledge and enthusiasm. I remember when Mornington Crescent was a station, did they ever include it in a program?According to my mother, she heard the sound of Bow Bells ringing when I was born. That was at St Barts hospital before the war - and would make me a true cockney.

I find the programme watchable. As always it's generally unsatisfying when techies watch telly made for the general public, because we want detail. Most viewers by far want a high-level overview, and find the sort of information that interests me off-the-scale boring.
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BBC2 9pm tonight, How Esso tried to cover up climate change. Fairly successfully from reading some of the preceding posts

Like some others, I have installed air to air heatpumps (two multi-split units). Had it in my last place too. These provide very cheap and green heating as a primary function and cooling on the not too common times that it is required. A very worthwhile investment. Robert G8RPI. Snip....

I can see both sides of the argument Jason but the post in question was always going to be political. Perhaps better wording on the Tea Room topic heading would deter this if you really want to. I don't like censorship of any kind; if I don't like what I see or read, I leave it. As I said before it's not compulsory reading matter.

There are one or two regulars on here who are very opinionated, and in this case I didn't have a right to reply.