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That problem we are gradually solving, and I'd rather the research effort goes into that. But I'm not just pro electrification as such, I'm pro far less of the madness of constant travel. Some will always be necessary but it could be greatly reduced as I've shown it already has been. And what...

I've explained to you at length the realities of Britain's severe decline before we joined the EU, but your extreme anti EU bigotry and total ignorance of the earlier facts means your blind refusal to see those realities. For example that icon of British manufacturing, Rolls Royce, who went...

Don't worry, the lawyers are no strangers to this sort of questionable trading and your account will be accepted. I've looked further into your bike and it appear to be capable of 36-38 mph, likely to make it very difficult to register since that sort of speed is well above the lower two moped...

I don't think so, ICE high output involves pollution. For power ICE will always win over battery EV as a complete system and will probably never disappear. There aren't many charging points on battlefields and as the present shows, we won't be giving up warfare anytime soon. But there are...

I agree with Zlatan's recommendation, try to back out of the deal and get a full refund since that is definitely the best way forward. You should have been pre warned by the dealer and they were legally required to ensure you had the necessary driving licence when they let you test it on the...

That isn't good news since there is no pre approval. That means to register it you must first submit it to an approved testing station where the vehicle inspectors check how it measures up to the requirements and they can be challenging. It will fall into one of the moped classes, so you would...

Tell us the make and model of the e-bike. Some European models have certificates of approval from manufacture which makes them very simple to register with the DVLC. .

Freud would be thrilled at his theory becoming not just a desire but an intent, killing not just each other but all life. i.e. Our insistence on continuing to travel in private cars and aircraft and consume to the limit everything our income, credit and discounting can extend to, all in the...

Likewise, during the war we ate our chickens and rabbits, many having been named. In fact my expertise in killing birds painlessly without any wing flapping etc dates from when I was 8 years old. All is not lost though, there are many farmer's children who maintain the old customs and skills. .

Agreed. In fact the one major frame modification during it's design lifetime was further lengthening the wheelbase by extending the forward frame tube ahead of the hinge by 20mm in 2004. .

Brompton owners also tend to be enthusiasts for the brand and many things engender that enthusiasm, apart from being a good design anyway: Designed by a Brit, hand made in Britain, here in London in fact. And as Ocsid remarks, reassuringly expensive, and people do tend to justify their...

;) No problem, just leave our water company alone! .

In the end we'll have to welcome and keep those arriving in rubber boats. We should take a leaf out of Germany's book. When desperately short of young men after WW2, they invited in 3 million from Turkey. At the time it wasn't a popular move among the remaining Germans, but since then...

The announcement was only for e-cars, though that usually includes light vans. It was part of a package of reductions and removals of concessions only applying to them, such things as the grant to buy an e-car and the subsidy for charge point installation. So I'm fairly sure it wont affect...

100% agreed. . Even worse here where Thames Water are owned by an Australian company. They've reformed it into a complex of companies each carrying out functions for each other and having separate accounting. It all looks like a device for profit expansion and tax dodging. Here's today's...

Even more widespread disillusion, despair and resignation. The 25% of working age not employed rather than being unemployed might increase still further, since if one is going to be in poverty, there's no point in working for that disbenefit. .

Even the non-polluting allowance factor was only temporary to encourage early e-car take-up. From 2025 all e-cars and e-vans will also pay VED. .

I wind you up and there you go again, teaching granny to suck eggs by telling me things I've long known! A correction, much of the world's aluminium production, including Russia's, relies on hydro energy. A quote from six years ago: "Rusal, the Russian aluminium giant and worlds second...

LiFePO4 is not an older technology, it is much newer than Li-ion. The latter came first with cobalt cathodes, later with manganese cathodes and finally with complex compound cathodes. During this time it had always been known that iron was theoretically the best cathode material but how to use...

I like and use the Cateye BM 500 for standard bar ends, (it's the BM300 for drop handlebars), but others disagree. The most popular among members is the Mirracycle It's necessary to live with a mirror for a while to get really used to using it to the best. .