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BrettS wrote:
The nerd/mechanic/inventor/tinkerer in me still thinks that a HPV/electric hybrid is the go. Figures I read years ago indicatged that a proper hybrid would double fuel performance. Petrol/diesel motor runs a generator at constant, optimum revs to top up battery bank. Battery charged by a wind turbine (I live near the coast), or a solar farm in my tornado ravaged back yard. Go for wind to up first. Almost any permanent magnet motor stuck in the air with vanes will generate something. You can worry about efficency as your construction skills improve. I vaguely remember silicon chip doing a wind turbine recently based on the motor from a relatovely recent model washing machine. It was a radial design rather flat. Alternatively, there are plenty of designs on the web for wind turbines for aid projects in Africa and India. |
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ghostgum wrote:
The cost to run an electric vehicle is not the cost of the electricity to charge the batteries, it is the cost of replacing the batteries every 1-5 years. Is that a comment based on actual experience? He certainly would be lucky to get that if he treated his batteries the way most people treat their current car batteries. Depending on driving conditions, say regular daily commute to desk job, with proper (monthly) care, I would expect that his batteries could last thn years. (thinking lead acid, nothing else). |
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Donga wrote:
That's obvious enough. Wishing for it to happen is still mean and nasty. Not really. I look forward to a healthier life style where I can once again ride the roads in greater safety. Like many people we are economising to afford what is important, and some of the changes will get less and less fun. As the kids grow up, they will become involved in less anyway and they can take responsibility for their own transport, like riding a bicycle {:-). I've always found life as being about choices between stuff I want to do and stuff I really don't want to do, but it provides incomes, etc. |
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TimC wrote:
Why go to that school then? Reputation? My wife was a public school teacher ten years ago, then went casual teaching. Finally, she had enough of teaching in the public system( there was a growing list of schools that she would not work in). so she swapped to private schools. Lol, now there is a list of those schools she will not woork in. Public schools could really do with some investment, and the best way to do that would be if more students attended them The problem in NSW is that the government is doing that and not providing additional resources to support the numbers, plus adequate resources for integration students (special needs, handicapped, etc, etc, etc) and has loaded everyone up with report after report after report. When they started to expect teacher to buy their copy of each subjects curriculum, that was when the rot started here. their precious spawn all over the place. I've worked in private schools. Lol, give me kids from public schools anyday. Far more initiative. |
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Donga wrote:
It's not a safe ride for my kids, nor could they do it practically with the varying hours and the gear they need. Nor was it aparticularly safe ride to school for me, so I walked for 30-40+ minutes to and from (Saving the bus fares {:-). It wasn't free in those days. |
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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on 14 Aug 2006 20:44:56 -0700 Donga wrote: Thanks ya *******. I have three kids who are involved in a lot of activities. It simply can't be done without driving. This petrol hike do they all have to go in the same vehicle? A 250cc scooter and a helmet each.... Zebee On that front I found out. (From a guzzi owner who shall remain nameless) that vmoto is an oz company. And their new retro 125 scooter arrives now. And one of their over scooters with remote starting and other goodies costs just under 3 K and released in sectember last year was supposedly the best selling scooter in Oz. Now its interesting that a couple of people at work are talking about these. I promised one staff member that I would take him in on the Kat and test ride one of em for him. While my own feeling is that the things are lethal all the evidence seems to be against me. But the people talking about the things are the big mercedes owners at work who would never own a pushbike or a motorbike. And that is a major major culture change. NOw if we can just get em to recognise that they are on two wheels Dave |
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deejbah wrote:
I find it amazing that parents today are willing to drive their kids around almost to the detriment of their own lives, even when their kids are able to either walk or cycle to where they are going. The same goes for people flogging themselves to death at work so they can pay exhorbitant private school fees and clothes. I can't see how that is healthy for either parents or the children. I remember when I was a kid that whenever we played away games, there was usually car pooling or a roster system between the parents. At home games, we would often walk or ride to games. Funnily enough while the murder rate has remained almost static in australia since 1880 you wont find a single parent who doesnt think the world is a far more dangerous place than when they were kids. It isnt. The romans had serial killers. SO they drive the kids everywhere, becoming themselfs the biggest single risk to the safety of them in so many different ways. And if you dont; then you would be the 'evil' parent. As I said in another thread. 2 13 yo kids camping out of a sailing dinghy on the shores of a lake and shooting bunnies for the hols would probably get dad charged with neglect these days. I so miss my dad. Dave |
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In aus.bicycle on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:52:29 +1000
dave wrote: Now its interesting that a couple of people at work are talking about these. I promised one staff member that I would take him in on the Kat and test ride one of em for him. While my own feeling is that the things are lethal all the evidence seems to be against me. But the people talking about the things are the big mercedes owners at work who would never own a pushbike or a motorbike. And that is a major major culture change. Don't knock it till you have tried it. Mind you - you'll have to get over the "power out of trouble" mindset if you are afflicted with it A 125 can perfectly happily do what cars do plus lanesplit. They aren't much chop 2 up, and they don't smoke a car at the lights if the car is trying, but they don't hold up the ones that aren't and they perfectly happily take one person and a briefcase at speeds up to 100km/h. And when was the last time a nominal 100km/h road was doing 100 at peak hour? They are cheap to run, easy to ride, and don't have the greasy lout image[1] of the motorcycle. For someone who wants a commuter to save wear and tear on the expensive car and money on petrol while being able to park in all sorts of free[2] places they are brilliant. Plus once someone has got used to 2 wheels of any kind, they are more receptive to 2 wheels of any kind. If they ride a scooter they'll notice powered and unpowered two wheelers when they are driving the car. Win/win really. Zebee - whose 180cc scooter smokes most things, but it's got a fair few more ponies than your 125 vmoto and they are much friskier. [1] or the cashed up retiree trying to pretend he's rebelling image... [2] although how long that will stay true is hard to say. The drawback of the scooter boom is more bikes competing for the same resources. |
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On 2006-08-15, AndrewJ wrote:
Not having kids of that age, I'm only responsible for myself. I choose to ride to work, and I choose to ride to the gym. In fact I choose to ride, full stop. Like the great man said "cycling is life, everything else is just the bits inbetween". You're mis-quoting. It's actually "Life is diving. Everything else is just surface interval." ;-) -- My Usenet From: address now expires after two weeks. If you email me, and the mail bounces, try changing the bit before the "@" to "usenet". |
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