Car scrappage - £2,000.

[Bill Sikes]

Originally Posted by Snowfire

Hydrogen fuel cell cars ... could be the future of motoring

Bottom of page 129 and onwards of:

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/s...ok/tex/cft.pdf


Also praise for the Tesla Roadster, over a thing called a "G-Wiz" (p.127).


Quite an interesting read!

[Snowfire]

Originally Posted by Bill Sikes

Bottom of page 129 and onwards of:

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/s...ok/tex/cft.pdf


Also praise for the Tesla Roadster, over a thing called a "G-Wiz" (p.127).


Quite an interesting read!

That is interesting. I'll find more time to read that all.

Its interesting that the author seems to dismiss the hydrogen fuel cell as being "so far behind in the race" There is still a lot of development to be done to extract the hydrogen for its use. Once that is achieved then surely the hydrogen is so plentyful and so enviromentally sound that it shouldnt be dismissed so easily.

The problem of electric cars is that fossil fuels are still being burnt to power up the batteries. then there's the question of why they make them so damned ugly ( G-Whiz )

I've long been dismissive of the hybrid Prius bandwagon that celebrities seem so fond of jumping on

[gmc]

Originally Posted by Snowfire

That is interesting. I'll find more time to read that all.

Its interesting that the author seems to dismiss the hydrogen fuel cell as being "so far behind in the race" There is still a lot of development to be done to extract the hydrogen for its use. Once that is achieved then surely the hydrogen is so plentyful and so enviromentally sound that it shouldnt be dismissed so easily.

The problem of electric cars is that fossil fuels are still being burnt to power up the batteries. then there's the question of why they make them so damned ugly ( G-Whiz )

I've long been dismissive of the hybrid Prius bandwagon that celebrities seem so fond of jumping on

Therecare plenty of cars that are more economical than the prius without paying the price premium.

[Snowfire]

Originally Posted by gmc

Therecare plenty of cars that are more economical than the prius without paying the price premium.

Your right. Every celebrity and his dog have been photographed with one. " Ooh look at me, are'nt I environmentally responsible ? "

[cogob]

I have a daughter who apart from a 9 month old daughter runs a 95 Fiesta, she is not able to afford to buy anything near a new car, the road tax on this Fiesta is £190 per year (which is more than a 7.5 ton truck at where I work (£165)).
Someone at work applied for the scheme, they have a 96 Peugeot, they were told because in 97 it had been written off it does not come in the £2000 scrapping scheme.
This scheme should be aimed at the British motor industry, only cars built in the UK with at least 50% British built parts, this would help mainly Nissan, Toyota, Honda and Vauxhall.

[OpenMind]

Well, waddya know. They're having problems with the scheme.
Car scrappage scheme: 'cash for bangers' has difficult start - Telegraph

[gmc]

It's a stupid idea most cars lose more than that in the first twelve months-the more expensive the car the bigger the fall-you can get low mileage 08 plate vectras with £8,000 off the list price from new mondeos lose about the same even BMW's are being discounted. only an idiot pays the full list price-the only ones you might have to are if you want to get a small car or a diesel. If you can't get the finance at a reasonable rate it's academic anyway. There are plenty cars more than ten years old out there that don't need to be replaced

posted by gogob

The question is, is it more enviromentaly friendly to keep a vehicle running longer against the resources required to manufacture a new vehicle????

It's a damn sight cheaper. How many people running older cars do you think do it out of necessity-or they have the sense not to take on finance to buy one or personal leasing they know they can't afford. We've been getting ripped off by the manufacturers for decades I find it really hard to be sympathetic towards them.