What fuel will your vehicle be using in 5 years....

[Octopus]

OK........... I would seem that the Politicians have made up their minds that:

diesel is the fuel of the devil,

petrol isn't much better

and

electric vehicles are the future, not considering that can we charge all 20 million vehicles and how they be charged and there is no real viable way to dispose or recycle the batteries.

So looking into your crystal ball what do you think will be powering your vehicle in 5-10 years?

 

[stevethesparks]

I hope to retire in 6 years - if I make it that far. I have no plans to change my diesel van unless it dies on me, and if it does I shall want another diesel van.
Ill thought out government policy yet again.

 

[westward10]

Always been my genie in a bottle wish, to have a time machine. Jump forward hundreds of years to see the changes.

 

[stevethesparks]

According to the Daily Mail, electricians are earning £150,000/year, so whatever happens it shouldn't be a problem

Electricians are earning £156,000 a year | Daily Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4874400/Electricians-earning-156-000-year.html?offset=456&max=100&jumpTo=comment-239349186

 

[ruston]

An electric juggernaut will take some charging. X ?
More electric trains - Oh the poor grid - oh the profits for the foreign providers.

 

[Strima]

It'll still be diesel. As of yet there aren't any mainstream manufacturers of electric or hybrid vans, in five years we may see them start to come in.

When they do the cost is more than likely to be very high which again counts me out as I'm not in the £150k pay band yet so it'll have to be a second hand van.

My current job has me travelling nationally, that really counts out and electric van so would have to be a hybrid.

 

[ruston]

That's the thing , the range is poor , and even in a hybrid hauling the fuel sytem and the batteries plus the power plants will just be snake oil.

 

[stevethesparks]

Wonder how people in high rise blocks will get that lead hanging out of their window to charge their cars parked around the corner because of all the HMO's in the area. How many times are people going to unlock their cars in the morning to find its been unplugged and the neighbour has decided to charge their car with it instead.
Its all Bollx

 

[ruston]

And if copper prices rise again where will the leads end up.

 

[stevethesparks]

Do as you likeys are us vans

 

[Octopus]

When ever I go to a new build house or flats the challenges are huge - not enough parking, cars littered everywhere - just imagine the H&E crew banning charging cables ....

 

[stevethesparks]

No doubt the government will install cable free charging pods in the roads

 

[Pete999]

A warp 2 Dy lithium Crystal drive with an optional cloaking device, to avoid any tachion sweeps by the Federation warp Police. Oh and adaptive armouring to avoid ultra expensive trips to the nearest star base for body modifications.

 

[stevethesparks]

I'm going to have to leave this thread because along with the waste of money HS2 and all this carp too, its winding me up too much. Not to mention the no action taken in Cromer a few weeks ago. Who do the Government actually work for? Any Government that is.

 

[Octopus]

Cromer?

 

[stevethesparks]

Cromer?

Cromer pubs and shops dispute police claim that disorder was 'low level' - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/20/cromer-pubs-and-shops-shut-following-low-level-disorder

 

[ruston]

Deleted , missed reply.

 

[Richard Burns]

I am hoping for fuel cells or fusion, but probably not in five years time, I will have stick with a diesel, with exhaust condensing and recovery.

 

[telectrix]

in 5 years time, my diesel will have circa 270,000 on the clock, i'll be finishing off the conversion of an Ikea wardrobe for my coffin, North Korea will rule the world, who gives a sod about emissions?

 

[ruston]

When you think of the filth the rest of the world pumps out it does not give you much heart.

 

[Midwest]

I am hoping for fuel cells or fusion, but probably not in five years time, I will have stick with a diesel, with exhaust condensing and recovery.

 

[Pete999]

When you think of the filth the rest of the world pumps out it does not give you much heart.

Especially the gas guzzlers of the USA.

 

[Octopus]

When you think of the filth the rest of the world pumps out it does not give you much heart.

If car ownership in China matched the USA , we would run out of petrol rather fast

 

[ruston]

China does it's share of polluting too.
We are just as guilty buying their cheaper overhead products.

 

[Pete999]

China does it's share of polluting too.
We are just as guilty buying their cheaper overhead products.

If you want to see pollution at it's worst, then take a holiday to what was the USSR, never in my life did I see so much pollution from personal motor cars to the state run central boiler installation, foul smelling smokes, etc.

 

[ruston]

I've seen the Straban lol. Say no more.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

In japan they are experimenting with a inductive charging system so that the vehicle charges as it goes around the rounds and parks, or is stopped at lights etc... you can charge the car fully at home and then when out and about the inductive system keeps it topped up. the video i saw showed a car being charged with a pad on the driveway..
so if it works well you could have a system where the roads have a network of inductive chargers built in and charge as you go...

 

[Midwest]

What about the Gasoline Pill Bloody Franch!

 

[telectrix]

put the electric cars on rails like tube trains. then all the bowler hat brigade can have their own personal transport.

 

[Pete999]

What about the Gasoline Pill Bloody Franch!

Or this

 

[Rpa07]

I'm sure I liked the same post yesterday - "back to the future again"!

 

[telectrix]

and........

 

[Dozer 73]

5 years the same as now , I went on a ups training course the other week apparently battery technology is coming on leaps and bounds ,with a lot of money being invested in making a super battery ( will it ever happen ????)
10-20 years who knows
If the electric car does take over there would be a massive change in the industry
Petrol stations ???
Garages , would these electric only cars be pretty maintaince free ???
But for now I love our petrol and diesel vehicles

 

[Dozer 73]

5 years the same as now , I went on a ups training course the other week apparently battery technology is coming on leaps and bounds ,with a lot of money being invested in making a super battery ( will it ever happen ????)
10-20 years who knows
If the electric car does take over there would be a massive change in the industry
Petrol stations ???
Garages , would these electric only cars be pretty maintaince free ???
But for now I love our petrol and diesel vehicles

 

[PEG]

The worlds concentration,will be on who has the water,food and oil (yes,it is not just for fuel) this will give little time or importance to issues such as animal cruelty,thus finally allowing me to place in to production,my guinea pigs-in-a wheel powered van,together with a 250GP powered generator,at home.

Brian May might well be cross...but he'll have to walk here,to tell me

 

[Rosco]

Chip fat?.... can't see my local chippy ever going away

 

[The Ghost]

Leg power probably.

 

[KEV 1 N]

As long as we still have the caravan, we will need a diesel car, although I'd prefer a petrol as diesels now are so complex with so many things to go wrong and short journeys don't do them any good.

 

[telectrix]

As long as we still have the caravan, we will need a diesel car, although I'd prefer a petrol as diesels now are so complex with so many things to go wrong and short journeys don't do them any good.

try telling that to my toyota hiace. just passed yet another MOT @ 189,000 miles. in the 2½ years i've had it, i've spent a total of £60 ( oil & filter ) .

 

[KEV 1 N]

What year is it? You've been lucky with that then, I bought a 2006 vw Passat 1.9tdi with 140k about 2 years ago. All the internet forums said go for 1.9tdi, will last till 300k, run forever....mine lasted about a month then went into limp mode with black smoke billowing out...egr valve clogged, turbo on its way out, injectors failing. Drove lovely when 1st seen it, Guess I was unlucky.