Electric Motorcycle conversion -- 75mph!

[trumpy]

.......Trouble is it's a very slow process getting industry and a governament such as ours to understand it's potential and get on board with developing it. At the same time they wring thier hands and bemoan the rising cost of power generation.

Herein lies the problem. There are many technologies in a number of fields that already exist (a surprising number of them developed right here in En Zed) that would transform our lives but you have to wade thru the Pollys and the beaurocrats first, most of whom are too busy watching their backs to really grasp what is going on, or to even understand what is available RIGHT NOW, never mind future "potential".
True, cost is a major factor but the above peoples only view costs on a one to three year cycle and rarely look at the more complex "cross" and long term benefits. No offence to any of you in the public service but after nearly 30 years in the health and disability services at both local and national levels, it is hard to come to any other conclusions.

[Drew]

Pretty cool alright. Of course, a problem would arise in sudden stop situations, because when you let the gas off completely, the back wheel would just lock up straight away. Needs to be able to freewheel like a push bike.
I cant believe how quick it is though.

[sAsLEX]

That technology allready exists. There are plenty of countries in Europe and the middle east where most if not all the houses in a town will have solar panels and solar hot water systems on the roof. As for compact power-dense grid tied inverters, that technology exists also, and has been developed right here in NZ. Trouble is it's a very slow process getting industry and a governament such as ours to understand it's potential and get on board with developing it. At the same time they wring thier hands and bemoan the rising cost of power generation.

Solar panels as such as actually worse for the environment than gas fired stations etc due the large number of heavy metals (not that sort SW) in them and the way they are procuded.

There are other more effiecient way to convert solar energy to elec, most involve using mirrors to heat something which then transforms that to rotat motion then to elec

Forget tidal wave power or gas power. Doesnt work (the main problem is transfering the energy across land you have to have your power station with in 20km and its just way to expensive on a big scale).


"in 2020 all new houses will have the generators on the roofs"

Also I asked him about the visals - no one wants a big electric generator on the roof, he said soon you will be able to buy roofing material (eg corogated iron) with it already built into it! pretty nuts aye.

Being an island nation the coast is fairly close to every major electricity consumer in the country so I fail to see you tidal/wave energy argument.

And transferring energy across land are you on P mate, alot of our elec comes from down south a thousand kilometers away, and the gas to fire Otahuhu etc comes from 400km away.

visals

is this even a word?

[The Pastor]

Solar panels as such as actually worse for the environment than gas fired stations etc due the large number of heavy metals (not that sort SW) in them and the way they are procuded.

There are other more effiecient way to convert solar energy to elec, most involve using mirrors to heat something which then transforms that to rotat motion then to elec

There not solar pannels as such but a new type of somthing or other...... Im just saying what he told me.

Being an island nation the coast is fairly close to every major electricity consumer in the country so I fail to see you tidal/wave energy argument.

And transferring energy across land are you on P mate, alot of our elec comes from down south a thousand kilometers away, and the gas to fire Otahuhu etc comes from 400km away.

Waves just don't generate that much energy and are very expensive to start up maintain run and then shut down.

And how many huge big generators do you want on our beaches? Alot of costal land is either privately ownd or doc conservation land. Try building big generators on there and let me know how you get on.

is this even a word?

I couldnt spell asthetics either

[sAsLEX]

There not solar pannels as such but a new type of somthing or other...... Im just saying what he told me.

Sounds....... well dont know without any indication of the type or any info what so ever on them

Waves just don't generate that much energy and are very expensive to start up maintain run and then shut down.

Tell that to the 12 Aposteles

And why is it so costly to start up and shut down? I mean you dont need to build a dam or a large station to contain nuke stuff and when you finished just cut the thing up ......

And how many huge big generators do you want on our beaches? Alot of costal land is either privately ownd or doc conservation land. Try building big generators on there and let me know how you get on.

You spelt Maori wrong

Wavs aint the only force in the water mate, theres this funnily predictable thing called the tide and otehr things called currents, both of which can have under water (ie cant see them ) generators / turbines...........

[The Pastor]

Sounds....... well dont know without any indication of the type or any info what so ever on them



Tell that to the 12 Aposteles

And why is it so costly to start up and shut down? I mean you dont need to build a dam or a large station to contain nuke stuff and when you finished just cut the thing up ......


You spelt Maori wrong

Wavs aint the only force in the water mate, theres this funnily predictable thing called the tide and otehr things called currents, both of which can have under water (ie cant see them ) generators / turbines...........

Dude, my point was my mechanics lecturer is on the team of super nerds who research all these options, and he said coal and solar was the way were going (coal for main supply and solar to individual homes to help)

I have no idea about any of this stuff, quite frankly It doesnt bother me in the least