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6th July 2019, 12:08 | #11 | |
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Oh yeah! I remember those and making those cotton-reel tanks out of empty cotton bobbins and elastic bands Yeah a simple skateboard chassis with metalwork on top and that's it!!! not much the average spanner man could fettle on something like that. I fear the job losses in car manufacturing and businesses that supply ICE parts are going to be massive everywhere. Even tool manufacturers like Snap-On will not escape as there is not much the lay person can do on them! Lots of upheaval to come I fear.
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People in Towns and Cities celebrated because the ICE didn’t leave copious amounts of horse manure on our streets. How’s that for irony! |
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6th July 2019, 16:57 | #14 | |
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That's why I said 'pretty much' they'll be always be minority groups for things as they move out of the mainstream. Look at those steam powered water pumps they have at country shows , still going well after they were stopped being used in industry.
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6th July 2019, 17:27 | #17 |
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Certainly be something to think about, how do we replace the tax from petrol and diesel?
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6th July 2019, 18:36 | #18 | |
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And could we power our vehicles via these solar panels? I understand that in Spain (ideal place to do this!) people were not connecting their solar panels into the grid and were therefore pretty much self sufficient. The Spanish Government become so concerned at the potential lack of revenue that they introduced a tax - the Sun Tax. The latest government looks like it is to repeal this - but what a crazy situation! A country where each home could easily become energy independent with nice clean energy and the Government says “oh no - we can’t have you doing that!” |
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Yes I can imagine that, there used to be a window tax. Although we all want the things that taxes pay for. Well most of them most of the time. Although how close could you become to total independence from the grid and live a fairly normal life? |
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I’m sorry, but all this c.r.a.p. About diesels gets my goat. All the ‘experts’ should be put in a room full of petrol fumes from a car, and I will go and stand in a room full of diesel fumes. I know who will come out of the room still alive. I worked in diesel fumes for around 40 odd years as a hgv driver. I am 80 this year. Been to more funerals than you can shake a stick at over the last 10 years. None were over 74. Non were lorry drivers. It’s a bit like ‘global warming’ ( Caused by us) Utter Rubbish. The best of it is, is that it can be disproved we have any effect on it. A bit like that common phenomenon Brexit, sorry for swearing, it’s going to be the end of the world. Yea, ok.
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