On 2016-06-27 14:21 Marghanita da wrote:
> Of course there are vested interests to deal with. Sydney did have an amazing
> electric tram network powered by the inner city white bay power station and
> nearby coal mine. The tram network was destroyed to make way for oil powered
> buses.
I
On 27/06/16 14:09, Karl Auer wrote:
On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 13:39 +1000, David Lochrin wrote:
That's fine in principle, but I strongly suspect the optimum size of
a bus is determined by its service requirements, such as the number
of people to be moved between major centres at various times
On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 13:39 +1000, David Lochrin wrote:
> That's fine in principle, but I strongly suspect the optimum size of
> a bus is determined by its service requirements, such as the number
> of people to be moved between major centres at various times during
> the day together with the
On 2016-06-24 13:30 Karl Auer wrote:
> A LARGE part of the problem with adopting green technologies is the attitude
> that people often have that anything new must to be a drop-in replacement,
> requiring no change at all to "how we do things".
>
> Change the specification, change the
On Fri, 2016-06-24 at 13:02 +1000, David Lochrin wrote:
> On 2016-06-24 10:13 Tom Worthington wrote:
> Battery technology has reached the point where it would be feasible
> > to use electric buses, without the need for overhead wires.
>
> I don't think battery technology is anywhere near that
On 24/06/16 13:02, David Lochrin wrote:
On 2016-06-24 10:13 Tom Worthington wrote:
Battery technology has reached the point where it would be feasible to use
electric buses, without the need for overhead wires.
I don't think battery technology is anywhere near that point. The Transport
On 2016-06-24 10:13 Tom Worthington wrote:
> Long distance freight can be efficiently transported by rail, then moved to a
> truck at an "intermodal" terminal for local delivery.
Hear, hear!
> Battery technology has reached the point where it would be feasible to use
> electric buses, without
On 23/06/16 09:28, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
The eHighway system is a low-emission solution ...
Long distance freight can be efficiently transported by rail, then moved
to a truck at an "intermodal" terminal for local delivery.
Electric buses are more viable. I remember, as a child,
