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Re: Petrol is just going to cost a lot. I don't get the uproar.
Bill, A capitalist/socialist eh! I think I know what you mean, nice concept but impractical in the complex society we now live . The changes are irreversible. You can't turn back the economic model, but we should be more vigilant than ever about civil liberties!
I appreciate your reticence about trusting big corporations! but my experience of suing(or acting for) corporations is very varied. For every well managed ethical corporation execution there are 10 bastards! Even the best Corporation often become run by the worst kind of bureaucracies! No big Hitlers, but much worse, thousands of little ones!
I agree that most self-built automotive engineering projects pass quite strict registration tests in Australia. I have, and love, a 1966 Coomes special Mark 11 Jaguar. Over the years this car has been completely rebuilt and modified. Yes, its a very attractive and romantic project, but if I was in an accident, I would rather have the modern safety protection of the XF!
I agree the history of electric cars is fascinating. In Germany before the war most city buses were electric. (incidentally were you born in Germany? Ich bien ein switzer est!) But today's consumer market must be re-educated. Think about the problems inherent in business you successfully ran. Think about the hundreds of problems that were solved for you by the manufacturer of trucks you operated and still you must have been beset by a myriad of problems 9 and getting worse every year). When I said there are insurmountable problems for the backyarder, I meant it . If the Wright Brother's were alive today, they would never have got of the ground for all the red tape!
My concerns are not just for the consumer, but for the nightmare in which a small inventor may become entangled through excessive idealism or inexperience.
But cheer up Bill, you haven't long to wait for a roadworthy electric car from the Major Manufactures. (oh, and incidentally did you know that AMP was the only insurance company in the world to honor serviceman's' life insurance policies?)
Alga, what do you say to an old fashioned Marxist, conspiracy theorist? (especially one who utilizes a major corporation as a logo!)
What I can deduce from your gratuitous rantings, is you seem to believe that all the Ill's of the world are due to the greed of evil corporations and fool's (basically, anyone who disagrees with you!)
Alga, you are not the only person who knew and admired the late Ted Pritchard. I found Ted a passionate, engaging, fascinatingly quixotic engineer. But that doesn't mean I thought his project of any practical value. Just think of the lack of logic this example, If Ted had been successful and the Pritchard steam car had become a hugely mass-manufactured product, .. he would automatically have developed into the exact evil corporation you say you detest! In fact I suspect that like most envious people, you really just detest others success.
Hey, but maybe I'm wrong!! Well, here's a simple test! If you are as you boast, such a creatively inventive genius, that has every right to dismiss my view's with the lofty comment [[QUOTE]You really don't seem to have any experience in the real world of creative invention. My own personal experience with alternative transport energy makes all you're statements look insipid.[UNQUOTE] Thenjust enlighten us with the details of any realistic, practical, or even marketable invention of your own. No, too hard ?? Big corporate conspirators making sure you have no development funds? No Problem! OK, lets try this proposal, if you can show me any realistic, project that you have properly thought out, I"ll provide you with adequate funding !! No answer, yeah right, it's different when it's not just hot air, isn't it eh?.
As for your other evidence, be reasonable, what would you think if someone advanced as evidence the proposition that some time ago they met some bloke with a miracle product but he mysteriously died and took his secret to the grave, (or hiding out with Elvis)?
Your other examples share the same news credibility as UFOS in rural in Qld. (same page).
The long struggle to raise the issues of public acceptance and awareness for alternate fuels is not assisted by wild doomsday conspiracy theories.
I applaud your use of Bio-diesel for maritime use. Great news ! This is a very important, and achievable product, essential to protect the marine environment and general health of the planet. I am not sure that many people would be interested the details of solving oil substitution in large-scale shipping needs, but if you are, I am always happy to bore people to death with the progress of our development!!
Alga, remember it's great to be a idealistic tinkerer, and create your own hobby projects. Great fun, but you must be realistic, people can, brew their own beer, knit their own yogurt, grow there own dop.. well you get the idea. But when you want to mass market such products you must possess market education skills, industrial, economic, legal and a myriad of other skills you obviously don't possess. So don't be so scornful of those who do, or you are in danger of becoming a fanatical bigot.
Cheers!
Bill, A capitalist/socialist eh! I think I know what you mean, nice concept but impractical in the complex society we now live . The changes are irreversible. You can't turn back the economic model, but we should be more vigilant than ever about civil liberties!
I appreciate your reticence about trusting big corporations! but my experience of suing(or acting for) corporations is very varied. For every well managed ethical corporation execution there are 10 bastards! Even the best Corporation often become run by the worst kind of bureaucracies! No big Hitlers, but much worse, thousands of little ones!
I agree that most self-built automotive engineering projects pass quite strict registration tests in Australia. I have, and love, a 1966 Coomes special Mark 11 Jaguar. Over the years this car has been completely rebuilt and modified. Yes, its a very attractive and romantic project, but if I was in an accident, I would rather have the modern safety protection of the XF!
I agree the history of electric cars is fascinating. In Germany before the war most city buses were electric. (incidentally were you born in Germany? Ich bien ein switzer est!) But today's consumer market must be re-educated. Think about the problems inherent in business you successfully ran. Think about the hundreds of problems that were solved for you by the manufacturer of trucks you operated and still you must have been beset by a myriad of problems 9 and getting worse every year). When I said there are insurmountable problems for the backyarder, I meant it . If the Wright Brother's were alive today, they would never have got of the ground for all the red tape!
My concerns are not just for the consumer, but for the nightmare in which a small inventor may become entangled through excessive idealism or inexperience.
But cheer up Bill, you haven't long to wait for a roadworthy electric car from the Major Manufactures. (oh, and incidentally did you know that AMP was the only insurance company in the world to honor serviceman's' life insurance policies?)
Alga, what do you say to an old fashioned Marxist, conspiracy theorist? (especially one who utilizes a major corporation as a logo!)
What I can deduce from your gratuitous rantings, is you seem to believe that all the Ill's of the world are due to the greed of evil corporations and fool's (basically, anyone who disagrees with you!)
Alga, you are not the only person who knew and admired the late Ted Pritchard. I found Ted a passionate, engaging, fascinatingly quixotic engineer. But that doesn't mean I thought his project of any practical value. Just think of the lack of logic this example, If Ted had been successful and the Pritchard steam car had become a hugely mass-manufactured product, .. he would automatically have developed into the exact evil corporation you say you detest! In fact I suspect that like most envious people, you really just detest others success.
Hey, but maybe I'm wrong!! Well, here's a simple test! If you are as you boast, such a creatively inventive genius, that has every right to dismiss my view's with the lofty comment [[QUOTE]You really don't seem to have any experience in the real world of creative invention. My own personal experience with alternative transport energy makes all you're statements look insipid.[UNQUOTE] Thenjust enlighten us with the details of any realistic, practical, or even marketable invention of your own. No, too hard ?? Big corporate conspirators making sure you have no development funds? No Problem! OK, lets try this proposal, if you can show me any realistic, project that you have properly thought out, I"ll provide you with adequate funding !! No answer, yeah right, it's different when it's not just hot air, isn't it eh?.
As for your other evidence, be reasonable, what would you think if someone advanced as evidence the proposition that some time ago they met some bloke with a miracle product but he mysteriously died and took his secret to the grave, (or hiding out with Elvis)?
Your other examples share the same news credibility as UFOS in rural in Qld. (same page).
The long struggle to raise the issues of public acceptance and awareness for alternate fuels is not assisted by wild doomsday conspiracy theories.
I applaud your use of Bio-diesel for maritime use. Great news ! This is a very important, and achievable product, essential to protect the marine environment and general health of the planet. I am not sure that many people would be interested the details of solving oil substitution in large-scale shipping needs, but if you are, I am always happy to bore people to death with the progress of our development!!
Alga, remember it's great to be a idealistic tinkerer, and create your own hobby projects. Great fun, but you must be realistic, people can, brew their own beer, knit their own yogurt, grow there own dop.. well you get the idea. But when you want to mass market such products you must possess market education skills, industrial, economic, legal and a myriad of other skills you obviously don't possess. So don't be so scornful of those who do, or you are in danger of becoming a fanatical bigot.
Cheers!
...Sorry mate...Must have been the wee small hours of the morning having it's effect on me! 
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