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    EV are they worth it?

    It's certainly a worry. On the one hand, we've become very dependent on the Chinese. On the other, nations that trade together, are less likely to go to war with each other.
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    EV are they worth it?

    I'm not sure a fuel cell is twice as efficient as a diesel, to be honest. That would make them about 75% efficient.
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    EV are they worth it?

    1 kWh of electricity will push my car 3 and a bit miles. If I used that same 1 kWh to make hydrogen and put it through a fuel cell, it would maybe push my car 1 mile. If I burned the hydrogen in an ICE, I'd get perhaps half a mile. Basically, nothing to do with hydrogen can even come close to...
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    Modifications and insurance

    Or, "how to tell us you're spectacularly ignorant of engineering principles, without actually saying it"... :ROFLMAO:
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    EV are they worth it?

    Well, they're all your own words (unless you're going to claim that someone has hacked your DIYnot account)? I'm not really sure how else to interpret a statement like: "I just don't worry about it. future generations have to sort it out."... :rolleyes:
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    Modifications and insurance

    And to think... this is the guy who tries to tell us he's "at one" with engineering... :rolleyes:
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    EV are they worth it?

    You already did - post 1112!
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    Modifications and insurance

    No, he's absolutely correct. You would fail an MOT, contravene the Construction and Use Regs, and probably die horribly... ( Still, every cloud, & all that...)
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    Modifications and insurance

    Do feel free to try it and be sure to let us know how you get on... :rolleyes:
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    EV are they worth it?

    For you, personally, it wouldn't work. But unless you scrap your new car when you're finished with it, you'll sell it to someone else, so it will carry on saving CO2 after you're finished with it. I think the average mileage of a UK car at scrappage is now about 150,000 and 15 years?
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    EV are they worth it?

    This is the most comprehensive back-to-back study that I've seen: https://www.volvocars.com/images/v/-/media/market-assets/intl/applications/dotcom/pdf/c40/volvo-c40-recharge-lca-report.pdf It reckoned 77,000 km for the EV to break even with the ICE. (48,000 miles). That was based on the...
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    EV are they worth it?

    Hasn't the Foresty Commission (now Forestry England) been doing exactly that, for 100 years now? (cutting down trees in one area and planting new ones in another).
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    EV are they worth it?

    Exactly. You'd have thought it would have been a planning condition, to simply replace the same area of lost woodland. Yes, there are particular issues around "ancient" forests, and I don't know if this is one of those, but as far a CO2 is concerned, a tree's a tree!
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    EV are they worth it?

    That's pretty poor, isn't it? You'd have thought this would all have been put to bed at the planning application stage!
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    EV are they worth it?

    Well... so long as you're OK... :rolleyes: Bllimey! This really IS about what everyone else can do for you, isn't it?
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    EV are they worth it?

    Man, that's funny! The only desperation on here, is from grumpy old gits terrified of having their toys taken away, and unable to accept change! :D I wouldn't know - it's a company car...:giggle:
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    EV are they worth it?

    Pretty good, thanks. You?
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    EV are they worth it?

    That's what you call "countering", is it...? :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: You have consistently failed to counter (just about any) of the points I have made, I'm afraid. REALLY?! Just about your entire position throughout this, has been about that! Damn! You've just broken another...
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    EV are they worth it?

    We can agree on that, but probably a bit of a side issue here? Oh, I see, this is just the UK is it? OK, well if we don't have ridiculous lawsuits here, what's your problem? And you don't think the risks from kerbside chargers will be similarly mitigated? You mentioned electrocution in...
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    EV are they worth it?

    And yet, on this very thread, there is fierce opposition to kerbside chargers, and nobody has mentioned paying for them... Awwww come on! Hot coffee has been around for hundreds of years, but it doesn't stop today's "compo hunters" trying to sue McDonalds when they burn themselves on a cup of...
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