Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Methane gas from pig $#!t is used for energy source in Bartertown because that's what's available to them.
What will be interesting is rail based city commutes - avg for me was about £4000/year now with 56% increase a commute into london will be £6000+:year. A day ticket rises ~£30/return to £45/return..
The worries will come when they want something in return, sooner or later. Or do you think they do it all out of love?
Jan
Major changes in our behavior only come from large shocks. War. Epidemic. Extreme weather.
Look at it as a change for the better, maybe not for us right now, certainly for the kids.
Jan
Look at it as a change for the better, maybe not for us right now, certainly for the kids.
Jan
Does cheap oil exist? you should take into account the long term damages caused by climate change. No worries in India you say. What about flooding, droughts, heat, forest fires, and other extreme events? The problem with conventional economy as a science is that Mother Earth does not have an account.
What will happen with India is the same in China - fossil fuel use multiplied by population need will cause considerable pollution.
India has prime technology enablers - it's climate. Sun - solar, Ocean - wave and space.
I remember going through Dehli airport to Pune. The smog was hanging in the transfer/arrivals lounge as you come down the escalators. In Pune airport there's Modhi in a gas company advert hanging from the ceiling saying that gas allows this woman to cook for her husband. India needs more renewable/efficient energy to enable safe and increased quality of life for familes.
My focus was more w.r.t Russia revenue from arms trade rather than the indo-china and even Russian-china boarder disputes (I'm aware of the border dispute btw but didn't mention for obvious reasons).
I agree the whole issue is deeping entwined in politics which in turn is heavily based on people's desires.
The point about trade influence of politics is a well documented political process, trade is used as a non-military weapon in the same way as social media and films. Everyone tries to get benefit without loosing too much.
I topped up the car @ £1.53/litre for regular diesel last week. I've see £1.71/litre around here. So that's £6.48/US gallon - or - $8.49/US Gallon.
EDIT: I forgot the FX rate 🙂 .... £1.71 = €2.05/litre
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How long before Wahling is plausible again?
I didn't know you couldn;t "wear both hats" per se... Cool.
Right. but if I want to drive from Toronto to Montréal, I will need to stop for at least an hour in Cornwall in order to make it to Montréal. Not a slag on EV, but I think 600km range is useful. 800km "range" if you like to go 149km/h*.
*"Stunt driving in Ontario means on a "highway" where the limit is more than 80 km/h, anything more than 50 km/h over the limit is considered "stunt driving"
See
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/070455
If you have an older diesel car, with the warmer weather coming, you can mix 50/50 vegetable oil (rapeseed, sunflower etc.) In europe it is now cheaper than diesel fuel. Did this with my 1991 volkswagen in the past, and ran perfectly well on it. Does make the car smell of pancakes...
(disclaimer: this can ruin the fuelsystem of more modern diesel engines. Check the internet for compatibility.)
(disclaimer: this can ruin the fuelsystem of more modern diesel engines. Check the internet for compatibility.)
France, in the dry, is 130km/h (~80mph).
Going to the nurburg ring, well the old car was cruising at 126mph (202kmh) down the autobahn. When I mean cruising, I mean at max revs for the little go-cart I had at the time.
The car I have now is a 1.6 diesel, Euro5 rated and I would expect the cost of a new catalytic converter after putting rapeseed oil in the tank would outweigh the savings 😱. Since 2017.. I think it's done about 13,000 miles, possibly less. The old car I had done 60,000 miles... in over 12 years. Most of the commute tends to be via rail into London which costs and arm and a leg.
Sounds cheap to me.
I drive an EV to and from work, but at work I drive a Diesel car.
Had to fill the tank this monday, it cost 2.54 USD per liter, that's 9.61 USD per US gallon. I thought to myself, might as well just fill it up, "tomorrow it'll be more expensive", now it's around 2.78 USD per liter in most of the country, or 10.53 USD per US gallon. Gas/petrol is another story...
Yet is is
As they say, if the pressure gets high enough, everything becomes fluid.
Jan
It's actually happening now. Transfer of Command in NATO terms.
As they say, if the pressure gets high enough, everything becomes fluid.
Jan
Lawmakers in Ontario seem out to lunch when creating traffic laws specific to "distracted driving". To continue on your point, on the 401 highway there are signs indicating penalties involved for engaging in going a multiplicity of variant speeds, include those travelling in excess of 50 km/hr. These are of such length that it requires travelling far under the posted speed limit in order to finish the reading of them. In other words, so distracting and dangerous to finish in the "engaged" comprehensive reading of them that they exist in a contradiction to "distracted" driving.
We have gas - Europe needs gas. Smooth move JT. Only fracking it is one of the worst things you can do for the environment. Thats bound to be raising some eyebrows already. They didn't make anything easy when they made this big marble.
If its used in part for stopping the war would that put you for fracking if you were against it in the past?
If its used in part for stopping the war would that put you for fracking if you were against it in the past?
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