Hong Kong

[Disoriented]

No sign of the protesters giving up. You have to hand it to them - they are courageous with their convictions.

They remind me of the gutsy extinction rebellion figures in London recently.

[point nine one eight]

No sign of the protesters giving up. You have to hand it to them - they are courageous with their convictions.

They remind me of the gutsy extinction rebellion figures in London recently.

What a load of old bollox you come out with at times, extinction mob are a load of pansies, As a veteren of miners picketing and wapping dispute, also Poll Tax Riots, extinction are nothing, at Wapping spent most of my Saturday nights in clink, even got one of the cops off his horse. Now those where decent fights

[Disoriented]

No sign of the protesters giving up. You have to hand it to them - they are courageous with their convictions.

They remind me of the gutsy extinction rebellion figures in London recently.

What a load of old bollox you come out with at times, extinction mob are a load of pansies, As a veteren of miners picketing and wapping dispute, also Poll Tax Riots, extinction are nothing, at Wapping spent most of my Saturday nights in clink, even got one of the cops off his horse. Now those where decent fights

So now you denigrate climate change activists who did a fantastic job to highlight the pressing concerns.

Puzzling.

[spen666]

I do so hope that I'm still alive in 2040 when all new cars will be electric.

I want to see the chaos and Health & Safety issues when people who don't have a garage or off road parking have cables strewn across the pavements (and maybe half a mile down the road to where the nearest parking space was when they came home).

Also where is all of the extra electricity going to come from as, from what we're told, the power stations and the national grid are already running to full capacity?

Will the yobs of the time be cutting and knicking all of these copper cables, and where is all of the copper needed to make them going to come from? And come to that, where is the lithium needed for the batteries going to come from? And what about the environmental damage that is caused by copper and lithium mining?

What will happen when 100s of people get stuck on the motorway in winter when the (less efficient in cold weather) batteries are unexpectedly flattened by heaters and lights? Will the AA/RAC have electric vehicles too? If so how will they cope with towing 3 ton cars to the nearest (available) chargers?

What happens if the chargers are all in use when you get to where you're going and don't have enough power to get back home? Will there be queues of people pushing their 3 ton battery cars looking for an unoccupied charging space? Will there be 'charging rage' with people fighting in the streets over who's turn it is next?


No answers to these questions from Extinction Rebellion
....yet


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[point nine one eight]

No sign of the protesters giving up. You have to hand it to them - they are courageous with their convictions.

They remind me of the gutsy extinction rebellion figures in London recently.

What a load of old bollox you come out with at times, extinction mob are a load of pansies, As a veteren of miners picketing and wapping dispute, also Poll Tax Riots, extinction are nothing, at Wapping spent most of my Saturday nights in clink, even got one of the cops off his horse. Now those where decent fights

So now you denigrate climate change activists who did a fantastic job to highlight the pressing concerns.

Puzzling.

There a load of pansies and if you like them so much why don't you demonstrate with them, or any other loony left wing cause they come up with. Talk is cheap, very in your case, your just a key board warrior.

[Long slender neck]

I do so hope that I'm still alive in 2040 when all new cars will be electric.

I want to see the chaos and Health & Safety issues when people who don't have a garage or off road parking have cables strewn across the pavements (and maybe half a mile down the road to where the nearest parking space was when they came home).

Also where is all of the extra electricity going to come from as, from what we're told, the power stations and the national grid are already running to full capacity?

Will the yobs of the time be cutting and knicking all of these copper cables, and where is all of the copper needed to make them going to come from? And come to that, where is the lithium needed for the batteries going to come from? And what about the environmental damage that is caused by copper and lithium mining?

What will happen when 100s of people get stuck on the motorway in winter when the (less efficient in cold weather) batteries are unexpectedly flattened by heaters and lights? Will the AA/RAC have electric vehicles too? If so how will they cope with towing 3 ton cars to the nearest (available) chargers?

What happens if the chargers are all in use when you get to where you're going and don't have enough power to get back home? Will there be queues of people pushing their 3 ton battery cars looking for an unoccupied charging space? Will there be 'charging rage' with people fighting in the streets over who's turn it is next?


No answers to these questions from Extinction Rebellion
....yet


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You think nobody has thought about any of this? Change will happen but not overnight.

If you dont have a way to charge an electric vehicle it'd be pretty stupid to buy one wouldnt it?

Personally I think the days of car ownership are numbered. A driverless uber type system would make most sense. Cars return to base to charge before they run out of juice.

[BIGRON]

I do so hope that I'm still alive in 2040 when all new cars will be electric.

I want to see the chaos and Health & Safety issues when people who don't have a garage or off road parking have cables strewn across the pavements (and maybe half a mile down the road to where the nearest parking space was when they came home).

Also where is all of the extra electricity going to come from as, from what we're told, the power stations and the national grid are already running to full capacity?

Will the yobs of the time be cutting and knicking all of these copper cables, and where is all of the copper needed to make them going to come from? And come to that, where is the lithium needed for the batteries going to come from? And what about the environmental damage that is caused by copper and lithium mining?

What will happen when 100s of people get stuck on the motorway in winter when the (less efficient in cold weather) batteries are unexpectedly flattened by heaters and lights? Will the AA/RAC have electric vehicles too? If so how will they cope with towing 3 ton cars to the nearest (available) chargers?

What happens if the chargers are all in use when you get to where you're going and don't have enough power to get back home? Will there be queues of people pushing their 3 ton battery cars looking for an unoccupied charging space? Will there be 'charging rage' with people fighting in the streets over who's turn it is next?


No answers to these questions from Extinction Rebellion
....yet


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I would just like to live to 2040 , i would be in my late 80s and wouldn't give 2 hoots about any of the above

[Clive Evans]

It seems some people like to come on any thread & twist it, so that it becomes a Forum for their own ideas. I thought this Topic was entitled Hong Kong, which merits some discussion. Another thread hijacked. I wish some Boarders would maintain a level of self-discipline. I wish people realised how tedious they can be.

[Long slender neck]

I do so hope that I'm still alive in 2040 when all new cars will be electric.

I want to see the chaos and Health & Safety issues when people who don't have a garage or off road parking have cables strewn across the pavements (and maybe half a mile down the road to where the nearest parking space was when they came home).

Also where is all of the extra electricity going to come from as, from what we're told, the power stations and the national grid are already running to full capacity?

Will the yobs of the time be cutting and knicking all of these copper cables, and where is all of the copper needed to make them going to come from? And come to that, where is the lithium needed for the batteries going to come from? And what about the environmental damage that is caused by copper and lithium mining?

What will happen when 100s of people get stuck on the motorway in winter when the (less efficient in cold weather) batteries are unexpectedly flattened by heaters and lights? Will the AA/RAC have electric vehicles too? If so how will they cope with towing 3 ton cars to the nearest (available) chargers?

What happens if the chargers are all in use when you get to where you're going and don't have enough power to get back home? Will there be queues of people pushing their 3 ton battery cars looking for an unoccupied charging space? Will there be 'charging rage' with people fighting in the streets over who's turn it is next?


No answers to these questions from Extinction Rebellion
....yet


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Also, what on earth has this to do with Hong Kong?

[RedDwarf 1881]

I do so hope that I'm still alive in 2040 when all new cars will be electric.

I want to see the chaos and Health & Safety issues when people who don't have a garage or off road parking have cables strewn across the pavements (and maybe half a mile down the road to where the nearest parking space was when they came home).

Also where is all of the extra electricity going to come from as, from what we're told, the power stations and the national grid are already running to full capacity?

Will the yobs of the time be cutting and knicking all of these copper cables, and where is all of the copper needed to make them going to come from? And come to that, where is the lithium needed for the batteries going to come from? And what about the environmental damage that is caused by copper and lithium mining?

What will happen when 100s of people get stuck on the motorway in winter when the (less efficient in cold weather) batteries are unexpectedly flattened by heaters and lights? Will the AA/RAC have electric vehicles too? If so how will they cope with towing 3 ton cars to the nearest (available) chargers?

What happens if the chargers are all in use when you get to where you're going and don't have enough power to get back home? Will there be queues of people pushing their 3 ton battery cars looking for an unoccupied charging space? Will there be 'charging rage' with people fighting in the streets over who's turn it is next?


No answers to these questions from Extinction Rebellion
....yet


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That's already happening around the corner from where I live . Somebody has got a great big fcuk off cable coming out of his cellar and across the pavement to his car . He's got the cable sellotaped down but somebody could still trip over it . As for Hong Kong, I can see the Chinese army being sent in and that will be the end of that . If I was living in Taiwan and looking at this I would start to feel quite nervous.

[Long slender neck]

Grass him up.

[RedDwarf 1881]

Grass him up.

I'm not a grass . If somebody trips over it they can sue the arse off him .

[Long slender neck]

Or you could intervene now and prevent someone getting hurt?