Public transport is not the answer to green issues. we need personal transport, especially in an aging population.
You can’t tell an oldie to walk or cycle into town and pay (reducing pension pots) for home delivery of shopping.
Re-design cars:
Cars cost more, in energy terms, than several years of burning fuel. So stop planned obsolescence.
Most cars fail the MOT because of rust causing structural and electrical (return path) failure.
Make car frames from brass, or bronze, with engines, transmissions being bolted on (insulated to prevent electrolytic action). The chassis could be plastic or resin filled papier-maché.
Those besotted with fashion could get new chassis’s that were designer coloured/painted.
Standardised interfaces could allow petrol engines to be swapped for electric, or whatever new invention comes through, but the basic car would last forever, be cheaper on parts, be lighter and more energy efficient.
(Did you know that a Porsche engine could be fitted in a VW Beetle, because the interface is the same?)
They would, also, cost less for insurance, as repairs would be cheaper. Brazing and bolting, instead of arc-welding. plastic or foam filled chassis parts would act as quickly replaced, or cheaply repaired, crumple zones.
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August 11, 2011Public transport is not the answer to green issues. we need personal transport, especially in an aging population.
You can’t tell an oldie to walk or cycle into town and pay (reducing pension pots) for home delivery of shopping.
Re-design cars:
Cars cost more, in energy terms, than several years of burning fuel. So stop planned obsolescence.
Most cars fail the MOT because of rust causing structural and electrical (return path) failure.
Make car frames from brass, or bronze, with engines, transmissions being bolted on (insulated to prevent electrolytic action). The chassis could be plastic or resin filled papier-maché.
Those besotted with fashion could get new chassis’s that were designer coloured/painted.
Standardised interfaces could allow petrol engines to be swapped for electric, or whatever new invention comes through, but the basic car would last forever, be cheaper on parts, be lighter and more energy efficient.
(Did you know that a Porsche engine could be fitted in a VW Beetle, because the interface is the same?)
They would, also, cost less for insurance, as repairs would be cheaper. Brazing and bolting, instead of arc-welding. plastic or foam filled chassis parts would act as quickly replaced, or cheaply repaired, crumple zones.
Tags:aging population, cycle, electrolytic action, MOT failure, papier-maché, personal transport, petrol engine, planned obsolescence, Porsche, public transport, VW Beetle, walk
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