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Haven't I just made clear that we will be using it, not keeping it? In far less than a single thousand years time there won't be any left and we'll struggling to find next power option. We won't be able to leave an energy source like nuclear waste used. There will always be some final high...

Indeed, that just about sums it up The old L200 I bought from a neighbour who'd bought a VW Amarok, obviously a glutton for punishment. He's even admitted he doesn't like it very much! I only bought the L200 to do the nature reserve path repair job for two years, I'd never want to own one...

It's not a problem, it's a benefit if we far sighted enough. We have around 60 years of current nuclear, after which with no sign of fusion being realised, we can switch to fast breeder reactors which use the nuclear waste. That includes all the cold war waste which is in fact the majority...

Maybe time to revive the old Boat-Train option for such locations, train - fast ferry - train, except Dublin would hardly need the inbound second train! .

Compared with fossil fuels, nuclear is green and could become very green. That's why we are replacing the fossil fuel stations with nuclear. .

Trouble is the huge wheel arches greatly narrow the front load width, so there isn't the diagonal you might expect from a four foot square. You'd need to have a physical look at the Hilux, but I doubt you'd find it much different. Fine for the tonne of loose gravel I was dropping in each...

The problem with these double cab pickups is the lack of length or width, 4 feet in both directions. Bike really need about 6 feet or a little over for some e-bikes. The tailboards can't drop fully but extend the load length to around 5.5 feet, just enough to include bike wheelbases, so one...

Weight is such a killer for pure electric planes that I can only see it for very low passenger numbers on short trips. Dual power hybrids might become more practical to enable relative silence over densely occupied areas but conventional power elsewhere. I'd rather see the effort going into...

I don't think there'd be a huge difference since weight makes virtually no difference of the flat, just very slightly increasing rolling resistance and frictions. As you say, the downhills compensate the uphills to some extent, especially if you let the bike have its head and minimise use of...

It does make a difference, and there's two factors to consider. While your extra 5 kilos is under 5% more than the gross weight, the important thing is that the 5 kilos plus 22 kilo bike is 27 kilos of dead weight, your 81 kilos is living weight which your body has adapted to by growing...

You keep repeating this but it's not true, you are quoting poorly worded type approval exemption law, contradicted by the technical regulations. Run of the mill pedelecs deliver between 400 and 500 watts of usable power, some much more. I and others in this forum have owned a legal pedelec...

Currently the European Commission are proposing that pedelecs should have compulsory insurance, something that we are all fighting against naturally, since that is likely to bring registration and number plates. Obviously insurance compliance couldn't be policed without number plates and user...

The road Black Shadow which to my recollection came first had a declared top speed of 125 mph, one of our customers had one. It was an upgrade on the existing 110 mph Rapide. They then made a racing version, at first also still called Black Shadow, but later renamed Black Lightning. .

Predictions and wishful thinking about the EU rarely come true, so the EU in 2025 will probably look much as it does now. That of course is the problem, the unwillingness to change. .

Certainly the simplest and Europolitically most sensible solution, which the EU have no problem with. There'd be ructions in Ireland though. .

I sympathise on the over complication, I'd also prefer to see much less electronic complexity, so much of it unnecessary. First thing I did on the new Leaf last week was program out many of its features that I don't need. Some of my older past cars suffered from poor build quality, but my...

Yes, the Imp had much to dislike. As part of one job I inherited running a company fleet of 144 cars with mixed makes. The largest number were Hillman Avengers, quite the worst car I've ever driven and I can't imagine what possessed them to to buy those. .

All I can say to that is that together with huge numbers of others, I've been amazingy lucky not to experience all those problems in all my many cars. The last industry man I heard say "they're all good now" was a Ford technical man who certainly wasn't speaking from an office! Of course many...

Thanks Tommie. The government purchase grant is current £4500 on a pure electric and a charge point installation subsidy of circa £500. Unfortunately that scheme expires in October and they've said it will be reduced since e-car sales are booming now. The Leaf now has a compressor for...

Strange how people's experiences with cars vary. Partly due to a long spell with one company's Vauxhall company cars, I've used more Vauxhalls than any other make and have never had one break down. My first ever car at 19 was a 1936 Vauxhall DX six cylinder, born the year I was! My cars...