aparently oil is not going to run out until I'm 108, that's a relief. Won't need an electric bike just yet.
I actually look forward to some real performance electric bikes/cars. I'd miss the sound of petrol engines but i made an electric bicycle when i was 15 with a car battery and starter motor blob welded to the crank and it was AWESOME. If I do say so myself.
Two shocking statistics for me: since I was born in 1967 global population has doubled and the Earth's tree cover fallen by 90%. I find that profoundly depressing.
when i was a lad there was a program called tommorows world and they stated then that that would happen,no oil,and new electric stuff whizzing about everywhere and robots n fings aaand....flying cars. wheres my flying car? ,been waiting all these years and still no flying car.:Rage:,what a let down,should be able to sue the bbc for false promises. :Hilarious:
I can't understand why buses aren't yet electric. Try having a conversation next to a London bus - they are bloody loud. You'd have thought that if there was one vehicle that wasn't going to be going that far from a charging base, a London bus would be it. I like buses, but the electric bus is way overdue.
Jesus - that's all we need. When you see the standard of driving in two dimensions, god only knows what it would be like in three. A&E would have to be massively scaled up.
In three dimensions there is a lot more room, a lot less furniture, and a lot better visibility. No corners and no potholes. What could possibly go wrong?
I don't drive in two dimensions.........I go sideways; backwards and forwards, plus upwards and downwards over the UK roads.
I have experienced low level 3D travel (well, bridge jumping ) and landed in a metro once, and come to think of it, I sold my MX bike cos I got hurt every time I went out on it. I think the only problem with flying vehicles is gravity. Fix that and we got a winner.
The main problem with flying vehicles is that they can't land on streets with overhead cables; lamp columns; traffic lights; telegraph poles etc etc......... .........so you land outside a city, fold the wings............and then commute to work in a traffic jam as normal.
ah but there shouldnt be any jams,as the majority,being darwin award winners, would stay in a large pile of assorted aircraft parts on the city outskirts. after couple of months the population crisis would also be solved aaand.. then we'd wheel out the mk2 flying car,probably a honda unfortunately but what the hell,this would of course feature "vtol". mind elf and safety will no doubt have everyone on the ground, at all times ,wearing ppe,specifically hardhats i imagine. :giggle:
