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Post by zanygame on Feb 5, 2023 12:44:05 GMT
Well think it through. The BRI makes travel time manageable between one part of Africa and another. They can get to meet their cousins. But it runs far deeper than that. Africa has been one of the least developed countries and suffered terrible things. Now they have the internet so the buzz is that they want to do this technology thing. They see it as their future and they see the Chinese are nice guys willing to help, and rather benevolent towards the poor. In short they have faith in the Chinese and I believe this will last for as long as the Chinese keep their promises, which I believe they will based on track record. And one more thing, they did not stop building Rome because someone pissed in a river and it got into a newspaper and sullied their reputation. Africans have bigger matters on their minds. Excuse my ignorance but who or what is the BRI ? Belt Road Initiative. is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 to invest in more than 150 countries and international organizations. Hoping to mimic the effects of the original silk road in creating easier routes and new trade around the world. |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 7, 2023 15:34:03 GMT
Here is another Diesel versis battery vid.....
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 7, 2023 16:25:13 GMT
The thing to bear in mind about that comparison is that the trailers they were using were very small - if the tried that with a normal sized 5th wheel they wouldn't have got out of Denver.
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Post by jonksy on Feb 7, 2023 17:39:15 GMT
The thing to bear in mind about that comparison is that the trailers they were using were very small - if the tried that with a normal sized 5th wheel they wouldn't have got out of Denver. I agree but they had to dumb the load down for the EV to even get off the forecourt... |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 7, 2023 19:09:42 GMT
The thing to bear in mind about that comparison is that the trailers they were using were very small - if the tried that with a normal sized 5th wheel they wouldn't have got out of Denver. They're not very small, they are normal caravans. 5th wheel trailers are huge and very unusual. The comparison is perfect. Proof that EV's can tow. (Another myth crushed) |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 7, 2023 22:35:56 GMT
The thing to bear in mind about that comparison is that the trailers they were using were very small - if the tried that with a normal sized 5th wheel they wouldn't have got out of Denver. They're not very small, they are normal caravans. 5th wheel trailers are huge and very unusual. The comparison is perfect. Proof that EV's can tow. (Another myth crushed) 5th wheels unusual? - have you ever been to the US?. With regards to travel trailers the ones they were pulling were only 6000lb which is fairly small even for a TT. As for proof - all it proved was that EV's are useless for towing - you cannot get to the next town let alone the next State..  |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 7, 2023 22:41:34 GMT
They're not very small, they are normal caravans. 5th wheel trailers are huge and very unusual. The comparison is perfect. Proof that EV's can tow. (Another myth crushed) 5th wheels unusual? - have you ever been to the US?. With regards to travel trailers the ones they were pulling were only 6000lb which is fairly small even for a TT. As for proof - all it proved was that EV's are useless for towing - you cannot get to the next town let alone the next State.. Yes. And 5th wheels are unusual. And you are talking to a guy who has towed caravans all his adult life. This beast weighs 3,000 lbs. So don't talk crap.  |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 7, 2023 22:48:40 GMT
5th wheels unusual? - have you ever been to the US?. With regards to travel trailers the ones they were pulling were only 6000lb which is fairly small even for a TT. As for proof - all it proved was that EV's are useless for towing - you cannot get to the next town let alone the next State.. Yes. And 5th wheels are unusual. And you are talking to a guy who has towed caravans all his adult life. This beast weighs 3,000 lbs. So don't talk crap. Oh piss off - beast indeed..  This is what I took all over the US and Canada - and this is a small 5th wheel  |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 8, 2023 5:57:08 GMT
FFS we ould have told them that years ago....When are they finaly going to admit the full EVs aren't as green as they pretend they are! Plug-in hybrids 'pollute much more than advertised' and should be banned from sale in 2030: Study finds up to THREE TIMES claimed CO2 emissions Transport & Environment and Graz University tested three of the latest PHEVs It found they can emit 3 times the official CO2 emissions with charged batteries With empty batteries they are up to 7 times over their claimed carbon emissions It called for PHEVs to have tax breaks removed and new models banned in 2030 Carbon dioxide emissions from the latest plug-in hybrid vehicles are up three times higher than advertised when their batteries have been fully charged, a green transport think tank has warned today. Transport & Environment said that while plug-in hybrids, known as PHEVs, are being presented as a climate solution and a stepping-stone to full electrification, tests conducted in partnership with Graz University in Austria show that the newest models 'pollute significantly more than claimed on commuter routes'. Additional pollution measurements taken from three of the latest PHEVs found that they can emit up to seven times their advertised carbon dioxide outputs on a typical journey through city centres when their batteries are flat. The environmental group has called for the UK Government to stop providing green tax breaks for PHEVs and ban new models from sale at the same time conventional petrol and diesel cars are removed from showrooms in 2030.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-11723175/Plug-hybrids-pollute-advertised-says-study.html |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 8, 2023 6:01:03 GMT
Yes. And 5th wheels are unusual. And you are talking to a guy who has towed caravans all his adult life. This beast weighs 3,000 lbs. So don't talk crap. Oh piss off - beast indeed.. This is what I took all over the US and Canada - and this is a small 5th wheel What many forget is that the US gallon is smaller than the Imperial gallon. 20 US gallons eqautes to 14 Imerial gallons, so in this country we tend to think Imperial... |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 8, 2023 7:30:58 GMT
Yes. And 5th wheels are unusual. And you are talking to a guy who has towed caravans all his adult life. This beast weighs 3,000 lbs. So don't talk crap. Oh piss off - beast indeed.. This is what I took all over the US and Canada - and this is a small 5th wheel No they don't. Very few people in Canada and the US have an $80,000 fifth wheel. Most have something like this  |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 8, 2023 7:51:52 GMT
I can assure you that tiny things like that are not common - and as we have seen, even the largest EV's are incapable of towing something as small as that.
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Post by jonksy on Feb 8, 2023 11:34:53 GMT
I can assure you that tiny things like that are not common - and as we have seen, even the largest EV's are incapable of towing something as small as that. The fifth wheel plays a big part in American culture from trailers to horse boxes etc. These EV’s are a frigging expensive joke. Look at the price difference for that EV hummer and the diesel Dodge ram… |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 8, 2023 20:25:10 GMT
I can assure you that tiny things like that are not common - and as we have seen, even the largest EV's are incapable of towing something as small as that. You can't. Anyway the average suv (petrol or diesel) has a max towing weight of about 3,500lbs. And its nothing to do with engine power, its about kerbside weight. But lets agree that EV's can't tow 5th wheels at the moment. Big deal. You've lost ground on every other criticism, So I guess I can be magnanimous on this one. |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 8, 2023 21:24:30 GMT
I can assure you that tiny things like that are not common - and as we have seen, even the largest EV's are incapable of towing something as small as that. You can't. Anyway the average suv (petrol or diesel) has a max towing weight of about 3,500lbs. And its nothing to do with engine power, its about kerbside weight. But lets agree that EV's can't tow 5th wheels at the moment. Big deal.
You've lost ground on every other criticism, So I guess I can be magnanimous on this one. EV's are an enviromentle catastrophe and no amount of turd pollishing can hide that fact......And as for EV's towing power forget it, they couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.....Who would spend that ammount of money on a total lemmon the Cost of the pussy pulling hummer was nearly twice as much as the good old and reliable Dodge ram... |
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