Most of these challenges have already been resolved by the bus industry, where HFC vehicles have been around for a few years. The challenge is to scale up, not the actual transportation methods themselves.
I didn’t know this….we already have hydrogen buses??? Don’t think I’ve been on a bus in 10 years. I’m honestly shocked at this
They even brew** their own hydrogen on-site in Aberdeen. **not the official chemical engineering term!
so the solution already exists….the patent & design is there….just a case of scaling it up……. my teenage son wants to be a chemical engineer, will get him on it as a Pock school project lol
My great-grandfather made a bit of money through selling motorcycles and was one of the first in his area of Twickenham to own a TV in the 1930s - over a hundred of the neighbours and their families came over to watch it when they first got it.
Not a bad price. Only you just can't fill it up anywhere and no mechanic knows how to fix or service it ;
I remember Hammonds getting colour tv’s on the day of the switch on it was in the afternoon and it was tennis or cricket think, the top floor was packed with people, I wasn’t that old 10 or 11 I think, exciting it was. As you say only the well off could afford them, it was years later before we got one
Not surprised there was interest. There were only 20,000 TV sets in the whole country at the start of WW2. None north of the London area as that was where the only transmitters were. It wasn’t until 1946 that a transmitter was built in Birmingham. Amazing how things quickly changed after WW2. By 1960 75% of homes had a TV.
I know what you mean, but it’s not really an average car and I’m sure you’re forever getting overtaken on your bike rides by £50k+ cars (or overtaking them as they’re broken down!)
Myself I don't think any particular technology will become the 'standard', like oil has been, over the next 20-40 years or so. There'll be a mix of electric, hydrogen and oil with improved variations of each cropping up from time to time for a long time to come. What happens after that is beyond my imagination and life expectancy.
Volvo have one model (XC90) left which they're still making with a diesel engine and the last one is being rolled out in November (going into the museum in Gøteborg). They're aiming to be done with petrol/gasoline in 2029. Zero demand for diesel personal cars outside of Europe anymore and the emissions regulations mean that if you buy a diesel car now, it will be practically worthless in 6 years time. Not sure about the UK, if emissions regs are less stringent - could be the last bastion of the diesel car worldwide..
