and what if petrol was at 6 euro/litre?

Nothingbetter2d · 22-02-2012 11:38AM

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

And,where do you think all that electricity will come from to run it? Magic :rolleyes:

wind, solar, or imported electricity from nuclear power, perhaps?

worth noting with regards to solar power if they covered just 0.3% of the sahara desert with concentrated solar panels it would provide the EU with enough power
http://inhabitat.com/worlds-largest-solar-project-sahara-desert/

fryup · 22-02-2012 11:39AM

hydrogen is the future (i hope)

Tazz T · 22-02-2012 11:44AM

If petrol was heading towards €6 a litre, you can bet the government would (at the last minute) be scrambling over itself investing in renewables and a network of electric car charging points (like the UK is doing) and people would be running out buying electric cars - things that should be happening NOW.

This is going to happen. Why aren't we doing it now instead of complaining that Petrol is taxed too much.

Probably before that someone will figure out that it's cheaper to convert and run on vegetable oil.

foxyboxer · 22-02-2012 11:50AM

fryup wrote: »

hydrogen is the future (i hope)

But to isolate the hydrogen you'd need machines to do that. At €6 per litre to fuel them.

Hydrogen is abundant but a bitch to isolate.

Shenshen · 22-02-2012 11:52AM

faral wrote: »

hi folks
imagine this situatins - your monthly wage is 1900 euro,petrol costs 6 euro a litre and you have to spent on rent about 1000 euro/month for 2 bed aprtm.what would you do??

Find a better job, at walking distance to the apartment.

Nothingbetter2d · 22-02-2012 11:53AM

@ €6 per litre the horse n cart might make a comeback lol

cynder · 22-02-2012 11:56AM

Cue - picture of the Flintstones in their car powerd by feet....

fryup · 22-02-2012 11:59AM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Hydrogen is abundant but a bitch to isolate.

in this day and age i'm sure some boffin will have a solution

100 yrs ago something like Television was unthinkable but look now

Shiny · 22-02-2012 12:03PM

A lot of wind power is going to be coming online over the next couple of decades. We should be getting up nearly 40% of our power by 2020 from wind. Electric will be the way to go with petrol/diesel only needed for heavy machinery such as lorries, tractors and the like.
I would go with the bike for short journey's and fictional electric car for longer distances.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-02-2012 12:06PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYajgUgGIc

Teyla Emmagan · 22-02-2012 12:08PM

I'd be okay, but I'd only be able to see my folks at Christmas. And my Granny probably never again!!!!! :-(

sheesh · 22-02-2012 12:17PM

I would start growing rapeseed and making diesel out of that

Old Tom · 22-02-2012 12:18PM

I'd use my bicycle more...
In fact, looking at road tax, insurance and eventually petrol prices I might do that soon enough. I'd save loads of money and get fit - only benefits I see.

Bruthal · 22-02-2012 12:18PM

Tazz T wrote: »

and people would be running out buying electric cars - things that should be happening NOW.

This is going to happen. Why aren't we doing it now instead of complaining that Petrol is taxed too much.

If everyone got an electric car this year, the electric car would likely be hammered with taxes.

Nothingbetter2d · 22-02-2012 12:26PM

if petrol and diesel hit €6 china would go bankrupt....... noone would be able to afford thier exports cos the cost of fuel to transport it to the rest of the world would make it prohibitably expensive

Paparazzo · 22-02-2012 12:34PM

I'd still drive rather than get the poxy bus.

cursai · 22-02-2012 12:43PM

Cycle to Work scheme. Could be extended to cycle to everywhere scheme.:)

Ellis Dee · 22-02-2012 12:59PM

I'd buy a bicycle if it wasn't too dear. Otherwise I'd steal one.:):):)

Eric Cartman · 22-02-2012 01:14PM

Id probably have to buy a 4x4 with a shíttyl little 2.2 litre engine or something

Johnny Foreigner · 22-02-2012 02:22PM

faral wrote: »

hi folks
imagine this situatins - your monthly wage is 1900 euro,petrol costs 6 euro a litre and you have to spent on rent about 1000 euro/month for 2 bed aprtm.what would you do??

Run my car on red diesel, same as before.

pickarooney · 22-02-2012 02:33PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

wind, solar, or imported electricity from nuclear power, perhaps?

worth noting with regards to solar power if they covered just 0.3% of the sahara desert with concentrated solar panels it would provide the EU with enough power
http://inhabitat.com/worlds-largest-solar-project-sahara-desert/

Just 0.3% of the Sahara is about 30,000 square kilometres, or close to half the size of the island of Ireland, and working conditions are kind of difficult.

Bruthal · 22-02-2012 02:35PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Just 0.3% of the Sahara is about 30,000 square kilometres, or close to half the size of the island of Ireland, and working conditions are kind of difficult.

It would be some cable from the sahara to dublin as well.

Casillas · 22-02-2012 02:39PM

Being Irish I'd get grouchy, complain all around me and then do nothing.

Nothingbetter2d · 22-02-2012 03:02PM

robbie7730 wrote: »

It would be some cable from the sahara to dublin as well.

you dont need to lay long cables across the sea bed to export electricity.

solar energy can be harvested - turned into electricty then into microwave energy, beamed upto an orbiting satellite then back down to anywhere on earth then converted back into electricity.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power

Chuck Stone · 22-02-2012 04:18PM

fryup wrote: »

100 yrs ago something like Television was unthinkable but look now

Yep.

Millions of people watching watching talentless idiots on mind numbing 'reality' and 'talent' shows. What a waste of electricity and resources and time. :pac:

sheesh wrote: »

I would start growing rapeseed and making diesel out of that

The cost of farming efficiently and distributing the produce relies heavily on oil for farm machinery and transport costs.

Land would probably be much more valuable for growing food anyway as transporting food thousands of miles would become economically inviable.

Stiffler2 · 22-02-2012 04:27PM

faral wrote: »

hi folks
imagine this situatins - your monthly wage is 1900 euro,petrol costs 6 euro a litre and you have to spent on rent about 1000 euro/month for 2 bed aprtm.what would you do??

probably downgrade to a set of rollerblades.

Ray Palmer · 22-02-2012 05:10PM

A question many people who bought property in the middle of nowhere failed ask. Combined with the negative equity many find themselves in with varibale rate mortgages. Some people who are already in trouble will get in more trouble.

When people said I was mad to pay so much more for property close to the city they ignored my arguments about ever increasing fuel and commute times. Smaller cars and shorter distances will be the prevailing trend everywhere.

Bruthal · 22-02-2012 07:45PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

you dont need to lay long cables across the sea bed to export electricity.

solar energy can be harvested - turned into electricty then into microwave energy, beamed upto an orbiting satellite then back down to anywhere on earth then converted back into electricity.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power

Thats about space based solar collection. At present, a very long way from practical as it is, let alone for solar collection on the ground in the sahara.

zom · 22-02-2012 08:13PM

faral wrote: »

its 12 euro/h

Hopefully you get more with paypal. Good luck!

eth0 · 22-02-2012 08:46PM

I'd put an electric motor on my bike.

Conversion + battery only a few 100e and get 30 mile range for a few cents of electricity

Electric car not worth it, batteries for those cost too much and dont last very long

and what if petrol was at 6 euro/litre?

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