11-12-19, 03:27 PM
(10-12-19, 05:37 PM)YamFazFan link Wrote:I'll just give up riding if they outlaw petrol engine motorbikes. Got zero interest in zero emission vehicles.
Two comments on this:
1) Petrol engine motorbikes generally have one crucial performance advantage over cars and that's acceleration. If electric vehicles proliferate this advantage is likely to be eroded or even eradicated. I don't want to be on two wheels and the slowest thing on the road....
2) Zero emission vehicles do not exist. Mankind has not invented one yet or even come close. In much the same way that compact discs were 'perfect' sound quality and virtually indestructible when they came to market, this is a marketing phrase which, actually, is a complete misrepresentation.
There are many problems with fossil fuel vehicles, there are many problems with electric vehicles too, currently one of which is the attitude of many towards acceptance. (Me included, I run a (nearly) classic van for work which I have invested a large amount of time and money in, I am known for it locally and it alone wins me many jobs, I do not want to give it up.)
is it clean enough?