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Discussion in 'Australia' started by Aircon, Mar 23, 2009.

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  1. FazzerPorscheman

    FazzerPorscheman F1 World Champ

    Jul 28, 2010
    15,288
    Piz Gloria
    Full Name:
    EnzoFerdinand
  2. Ferraridoc

    Ferraridoc F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Jun 20, 2012
    17,218
    Gold Coast, Aust.
    Full Name:
    Patrick
    I didn't say he had one of those, I said he is one of those. Pay attention...
     
  3. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Nov 1, 2003
    59,757
    Australia
    Full Name:
    John
  4. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Nov 1, 2003
    59,757
    Australia
    Full Name:
    John
  5. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner

    Feb 25, 2009
    29,800
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    I was in a hurry,deal with it.
     
  6. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner

    Feb 25, 2009
    29,800
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
  7. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
  8. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Nov 1, 2003
    59,757
    Australia
    Full Name:
    John
    I wish !!!

    No Ross Flywheel-Smith ...... good friend of Kenny's and mine :(
     
  9. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ

    Jun 7, 2006
    78,324
    Wurundjeri man.
    Full Name:
    Arvin Grajau
  10. Gleggy

    Gleggy Formula 3

    Sep 22, 2004
    1,588
    Land of Oz
    Full Name:
    Gleggy
  11. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Nov 1, 2003
    59,757
    Australia
    Full Name:
    John
    It only put out 280hp from 5 litres but it looks a quality car :)
     
  12. Horse

    Horse Three Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Dec 1, 2005
    35,417
    Brisvegas
    Full Name:
    Jon
    Something for PP to discuss with me on the GAD.

    TYPICAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY:
    25 pounds of lithium, 60 pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds cobalt, 200 pounds of copper, and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel, and plastic.
    All but the plastic must be mined and the plastic is processed from fossil fuels.

    No car is powered by batteries. That's a blatant and purposeful lie. The batteries are just containers for the real fuel which is electricity. It's like saying your car is run by gas cans. No, gas cans are just containers for the real fuel.

    Electricity is produced primarily by coal, uranium, natural gas-powered plants, or diesel-fueled generators. So, to say an electric powered vehicle ("EV") is a zero-emission vehicle is a blatant and purposeful lie. Since 40% of the electricity generated in the U.S. is from coal-fired plants, it follows that 40% of every EV is powered by coal. These are coal-burning vehicles, and uranium powered vehicles, etc.

    But that doesn't mean that the batteries are neutral to the environment. No, they're also nasty to the environment. Dry-cell species use zinc, manganese, lithium, silver oxide, or zinc and carbon to store electricity chemically. Rechargeable batteries only differ in their internal materials, usually lithium-ion, nickel-metal oxide, and nickel-cadmium. They all contain toxic, heavy metals.

    The United States uses three billion batteries a year, and most end up in landfills where their shells break down and they leak their toxic contents. The metals inside eventually ooze out. The crud in your ruined flashlight is toxic, and so is the ooze that will inevitably leak from every battery in a landfill. All batteries, even rechargeable ones when they eventually die, rupture and leak their toxic heavy metals into the environment.

    A typical EV battery contains 25 pounds of lithium, 60 pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds cobalt, 200 pounds of copper, and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel, and plastic. All those components come from mining. For instance, to manufacture an EV auto battery FOR JUST ONE CAR, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt, 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, and 25,000 pounds of ore for copper. All told, you dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth's crust for just - one - battery. But since it's done out of sight, we pretend it's not happening.

    Sixty-eight percent of the world's cobalt, a significant part of a battery, comes from the Congo. Their mines have no pollution controls. They are environmentally hazardous pits which employ children who die from handling this toxic material. This is also done out of sight, so we pretend it's not happening. Environmentalists refuse to factor in these diseased and dying kids as part of the cost of driving an electric car. Each new EV should come with a photograph of an African child who died making its "clean" batteries.

    Only a blind fool would believe that EVs are environmentally clean. The destruction to the environment is right there for all to see, but some people prefer to lie to themselves and to others to make themselves feel good about themselves. It's virtue signaling, but without the virtue. We don't have to accept their lies. EVs are environmentally dirty vehicles which are significantly destructive to the environment. They certainly are not the "green" vehicles they pretend to be.


    Silly signature here to annoy KIAI
     
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  13. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
    Was that report commissioned by Saudi Arabia or UAE?



    Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
     
  14. Horse

    Horse Three Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Dec 1, 2005
    35,417
    Brisvegas
    Full Name:
    Jon
    KIAI.


    Silly signature here to annoy KIAI
     
  15. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner

    Feb 25, 2009
    29,800
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Elon doesn't give a rats arse about that stuff,he's too busy trying to twitter/grinder/tinder whatever.
     
  16. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
  17. Horse

    Horse Three Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Dec 1, 2005
    35,417
    Brisvegas
    Full Name:
    Jon
  18. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
    Certainly not.
     
  19. Its328

    Its328 F1 Rookie

    May 31, 2017
    3,077
    Brisbane
    Full Name:
    Kim
  20. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
  21. Its328

    Its328 F1 Rookie

    May 31, 2017
    3,077
    Brisbane
    Full Name:
    Kim
    Whom knows!!
    No matter the subject, there is always a counter story. It'll get to the stage one day where we won't know what's right or wrong.
     
  22. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
    One day?

    Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
     
  23. Its328

    Its328 F1 Rookie

    May 31, 2017
    3,077
    Brisbane
    Full Name:
    Kim
  24. Cyt

    Cyt F1 Rookie

    Feb 1, 2014
    3,755
    Sydney
    Full Name:
    Cyt- Chin

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