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19th June 2006, 12:39 AM #91
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
A Bongo or any other van wouldn't do the job because I regularly carry five people ... like three mornings out of five during the week (some weeks it's five out of five). In the afternoons, it's three.
And while most vehicles lose performance on LPG, my Falchoon doesn't seem to. There's probably a drop off in power, sure, but as far as distance per litre of the chosen brew goes, there's no real difference. Yes, it surprised me too, and this if the fourth vehicle I've owned with LPG, but them's the facts with my beastie.
A 2 litre? Will it tow my 18 foot Samar? I doubt it, even the Falchoon takes a deep breath with that one. Of course, you'd be right to argue that she's currently sitting on my front lawn going nowhere, but even with the more moderate boats, when you start going smaller in motor, you start to go up in fuel consumption very quickly. Even my wee trailer towing Redback on her lightweight trailer, a Mouseboat strapped on as well with a second Mouseboat strapped on the roof takes quite an edge off the performance of my Falchoon. With a 2 litre something, while it'd still pull the load, I'd have to question how efficiently (and I can't see me feeding an eight foot boat onto the top of any of the vans I've owned).
I towed a largish caravan from Adelaide to Waikerie and back behind my 2l Tarago years ago. It did the job, but there was a hell of a price in petrol (and LPG on that one). Interestingly, that Tarago gave worse fuel economy than my current Falchoon which regularly tops 30mpg towing the trailer on the open road.
Now, with your suggestion of biodiesel etc. Those vehicles aren't available in a price range comparable with my dinosaur. See, I'm happy to agree that technology can provide me with a vehicle that will carry all the rubbish that seems to accompany me on my trips, along with all the neighbourhood kids I find myself carting to school, and will tow a ruddy great big boat as well. However, modern economics and 'market forces' and all that other good stuff mean that such vehicles are not available to me. I don't have the money to buy more than my second hand Falchoon.
Richard
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19th June 2006, 01:31 AM #92
Now Daddles, I'm trying to aim my shots at the whole of society, not you personally, but since you seem so ready to defend the attitudes which must be changed, let me respond! (Japan 0 Croatia 0 by the way)
Originally Posted by Daddles
And while most vehicles lose performance on LPG, my Falchoon doesn't seem to. There's probably a drop off in power, sure, but as far as distance per litre of the chosen brew goes, there's no real difference. Yes, it surprised me too, and this if the fourth vehicle I've owned with LPG, but them's the facts with my beastie.
A 2 litre? Will it tow my 18 foot Samar? I doubt it, even the Falchoon takes a deep breath with that one.
Of course, you'd be right to argue that she's currently sitting on my front lawn going nowhere, but even with the more moderate boats, when you start going smaller in motor, you start to go up in fuel consumption very quickly.
Even my wee trailer towing Redback on her lightweight trailer, a Mouseboat strapped on as well with a second Mouseboat strapped on the roof takes quite an edge off the performance of my Falchoon.?)
With a 2 litre something, while it'd still pull the load, I'd have to question how efficiently (and I can't see me feeding an eight foot boat onto the top of any of the vans I've owned).
However, modern economics and 'market forces' and all that other good stuff mean that such vehicles are not available to me. I don't have the money to buy more than my second hand Falchoon.[/QUOTE]
As I said, I'm not picking on you, but as fuel gets more expensive, you won't have the money to drive the thing (gas notwithstanding). Second hand Merc vans are hitting the sub $10k range at the moment.... and I'm looking for one! (My 8 foot boats will fit IN one of those!)
Cheers,
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19th June 2006, 02:48 AM #93
Originally Posted by Grunt
It does work, http://www.squizzle.com/movieview.asp?id=6648....................................................................
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19th June 2006, 09:07 AM #94
Actually my good Midge, I believe YOU are the one that missed my point, that point (made a bit earlier and which led to the discussion of the reincarnation of Moby Dick) being that I have certain requirements and, thanks to our beloved business leaders and their subservience to the stock market, the Falchoon is the best answer to those requirements within my budget. As you have pointed out and as I myself pointed out only a few posts ago, with the state of technology in this world, this is ridiculous and a major reason why our planet is in the state it is.
Richard
gotcha
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19th June 2006, 11:02 AM #95
Originally Posted by Daddles
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19th June 2006, 05:41 PM #96
Harry, where is the reference that shows the U.S. congress is actually taking it seriously? These claims have been around since the ‘70s and all have been debunked. I’d really like to see some actual proof that this works.
Oh sure, we will run out of materials if we continue to use them at the same rate and dig them up at the same rate as we do today.
You example of copper, might be a good one.
Except that what copper is used for, most often transmitting power, can be replaced by various other things, depending on what that situation is.
But what you missed Grunt, (again) is that all these doomsayers base their calculations on 'todays consumption' with 'todays technology'.
Technology requires resources. We can’t make the raw materials.
We don't know what the heck will be invented/discovered next week.
Take the video camera I mentioned.
The old one would use up heaps of batteries, record images (but not very well), and used up enormous resources just by being old-tech.
The one we have now records longer, at higher quality, is much smaller, made largely from recycled materials and various other improvements as you would expect over 20 years.
I would think that in another 20 years the thing will record for a week, at eye-perfect quality and be the size of a matchbox.
With new technologies popping up all the time, old tech being constantly re-worked, todays consumption figures will prolly increase still, but at a reduced rate than the doomsayers predictions.
There is also a nifty little political model called 'capitalism'.
The short version of it is that 'if you can't afford it, then you go without'. Cold, harsh and tough, but it sorts the men out from the girls.
Ultimately, everything will get so expensive that only the very rich will be able to afford their IPods. By this time Apple will be out of business (sorry Midge). Ford, Holden et. al. will be out of business. A lot of unemployment here
The price increases will mean inflation. Reserve Banks will up interest rates. In most of the western world, people are in hock up to there eyeballs. High interest rates will kill them. Foreclosure city here we come.
Also has a nifty habit of bringing prices closer to their proper value, if never quite hitting it just right. If they are too low today, they might just be too high tomorrow.
And for extra credit, it also pushes technology to improve, because if your blue ipod is out of vogue, then the shinier, smaller and slicker red one might just replace it...
And ( ) use fewer resources doing it.
You do of course realize that it is advancing technology that got us into this pickle, right? If we had stuck to where we were 20 years ago, I don't think we would be in half the trouble we are now.
But the doomsayers forget that too...
I forgot that, silly me.
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19th June 2006, 05:47 PM #97Hyrogen as anm alternate to petrol is very feasible.
The biggest obstacle to hydrogen as a fuel is the Governments all around the world. They all tax petrol heavily for their own slush troughs.
But how can they tax the water that hydrogen is made outa?
So they''ll legislate against anything that don't fill the trough.
Hydrogen is also very difficult to store. Hydrogen molocule is the smallest around. It leaks to glass and rubber. It turns steel very brittle.Photo Gallery
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19th June 2006, 06:02 PM #98
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What we need is for the yanks to get their Shuttle off to the moon and bring back a few tonnes of Helium3. In 1999 the nerds at University of Wisconsin predicted that 40 tons of Helium3 from the moon would fuel their fusion reactor and supply the entire electricity demand for the USA.
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Nuclear power without Radioactive waste sounds good to me, the other sort is a game of russian roulette. (scuse the pun)
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19th June 2006, 06:18 PM #99
And d'yer relly think the seppos will make the helium readily avaiable to the world (economically)
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19th June 2006, 06:31 PM #100
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"Please explain a way to move electricity from a power plant to the consumer that doesn’t use copper."
Ummm..............Aluminium? (Wot most HV transmission line cables are made of.) But of course you knew that, didn't you?
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19th June 2006, 06:44 PM #101
Originally Posted by Eddie Jones
Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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19th June 2006, 06:46 PM #102
Originally Posted by woodbe
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19th June 2006, 06:48 PM #103
Originally Posted by echnidna
Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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19th June 2006, 06:55 PM #104
Originally Posted by Grunt
I'm not sure that running out of copper will impact terribly on a Mongolian yak herder, or an Amazonian native.
Ultimately, everything will get so expensive that only the very rich will be able to afford their IPods. By this time Apple will be out of business (sorry Midge). Ford, Holden et. al. will be out of business. A lot of unemployment here
The price increases will mean inflation.
Reserve Banks will up interest rates. In most of the western world, people are in hock up to there eyeballs. High interest rates will kill them. Foreclosure city here we come.
The people that thumb their noses at we, the frugal few will suffer!!
What are you saying here, that everything is rosy but we’re in a real trouble now and we should have stopped progressing 20 years ago?
I find it hard to see evidence of real progress over that time. All we have done is created more ways to consume unnecessary items. Is the fact that we can communicate like this, evidence of technical progress, or a symptom of the decline of our social structure?
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(Trying to be on Grunt's side, but without the doom and gloom!)
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20th June 2006, 09:12 AM #105The future is here! So you worry about wasted technology? Wasted resources, going insane?
Maybe you need a genpet.
Are Genpets Real?
Genpets are living, breathing mammals. Bio-Genica is a Bioengineering Company that has combined, and modified existing DNA to create the Genpets lineup. Genpets are flesh and blood just like any other animal.
And I worry about people driving Falcons!
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