What's the problem with electric cars?

[Whippy]

It's the smells that take you back, to a time, to a place. Always the smells.

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

Indeed.... we live in a village, and very occasionally we get the odd new townie who tries to lecture us about our wood burning stoves and how the selfish tractor drivers are slowing them down whilst they go about making next years food.... and then it gets really funny about now when they start muck spreading in the fields!

I live in the Peak District , (near enough), lots of guarries, folks move into the villages and complain about lorries.

Same animal.🤷*♂️

[Kev0607]

Originally Posted by Wagon Sailor

In our village, we heat with coal and we burn bonfires. Few of us complain about motor vehicle pollutants. Those who do are newcomers who commute to London and use the Underground. It's a different smell, isn't it? Must be worse, surely?

I've been on the underground a few times. It absolutely stinks and its not uncommon when you blow your nose to see black dirt on the tissue.

I know that sounds gross, but its true.

[Existential Crisis]

Originally Posted by Whippy

It's the smells that take you back, to a time, to a place. Always the smells.

100%, smell is one of the strongest stimulants for memory, very evocative

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by Kev0607

I've been on the underground a few times. It absolutely stinks and its not uncommon when you blow your nose to see black dirt on the tissue.

I know that sounds gross, but its true.

Yep and white shirts that turn grey...

[tofufi]

Originally Posted by Thekilt

Euro 5 isnt as great as you may think, and due to the amount of NOx being emited would knock you out within about 20 minutes. Euro 5 standards for NOx emissions are 0.18g/km and Euro 6 reduces that down to 0.08g/km.

Don't forget that meeting Euro 5 or even Euro 6 in a lab doesn't mean the same performance in the real world.

There are plenty of studies showing how differently cars perform in the real world...

https://theicct.org/publication/road...ars-in-europe/

[GMcL]

The Euro3 D5 I had would colour the snow when first started from cold, Euro5 D3 does not colour the snow on the wall behind my car from a cold start so Euro5 is not the full on evil some people would have you believe.

Of course there is some pollution, it's burning diesel but the sky is not falling in Daily Mail style.

On the subject of smells anyone else notice how a Euro 5 diesel after a regen smells like the bread smell piped from Subway ?

Closing down coal fired power stations has also had an impact on the building industry. A product from using coal in the power stations is gypsum which is split into wallboard, cement and agriculture grade. Not that it is a justification for burning coal, consideration must be given to impact beyond the immediate emissions. Those cooling towers are not chimneys, there is a chemical factory inside.

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by GMcL

The Euro3 D5 I had would colour the snow when first started from cold, Euro5 D3 does not colour the snow on the wall behind my car from a cold start so Euro5 is not the full on evil some people would have you believe.

Of course there is some pollution, it's burning diesel but the sky is not falling in Daily Mail style.

On the subject of smells anyone else notice how a Euro 5 diesel after a regen smells like the bread smell piped from Subway ?

Closing down coal fired power stations has also had an impact on the building industry. A product from using coal in the power stations is gypsum which is split into wallboard, cement and agriculture grade. Not that it is a justification for burning coal, consideration must be given to impact beyond the immediate emissions. Those cooling towers are not chimneys, there is a chemical factory inside.

The same with oil, so many products we need are made from oil, without combustion.

The reason the E3 cars used to mark the snow is no DPF. But, in either case all of the atoms in the fuel tank will leave the tailpipe, 1 for 1, but just in different ratios with other atoms from the air….

[The Thong]

It’s a case of whatever we do, it’s going to pollute. Consumerism is a polluter and the more we consume… The more we pollute.

TT

[Whippy]

Easiest way to save the planet is to stop having kids. Easy. Next!