Diesel power... Yes or No?

[Dom86]

Lol.

All I know is I can get 800km out of a 65L tank from my Hilux. And it tows my drift car well enough... I definately get it now.

[driftke70]

yeah batteries and cells in general have a much shorter life expectancy than a combustion engine, and create alot more pollution, and requre alot more energy and materials to create.

[KE70]

Electric cars are good for city use and in a few years you will see more and more of them. Some only cost 80c to charge up for a 150-200km range. We need to get off the reliance off oil, electricity prices are much more stable and cheaper.

Petrol and Diesel powered cars will still be here for a while so no need to worry about performance.

In europe diesel in most cases is cheaper by a fair bit, thats why there are heaps of diesel cars.
I Australia we need to concentrate on having more LPG and electric cars since we have huge amount of coal and gas reserves.

On this topic- spend enough money on any propulsion technology and it will hammer, lol

Also massively off topic- we need to invest in nuclear power, the only way we will clean up our act without affecting our economy.

[driftke70]

do you know how much energy and cost is involved in producing a battery, id rather drive a car knowing it will be around for another 20 years than drive an electric car that the batteries need to be replaced in every 3 or so years. Not to mention the pollution made transporting the raw materials across the ocean, the factory, etc,

charging up on a wall just means the pollution comes out at a coal station, if there was nuclear energy it might almost make sense but there isnt, and there wont be for a long time in australia.

[biggo]

Did you know there is no safe way to dispose of a battery. Theyre like termites with no pest controller.

So long as there is oil i will use it, only because its the lesser of 2 weevils. Some newer diesels are no better than they were 20yrs ago. Nissan are a prime example.

[Javal]

This is correct.

I haven't read the thread, btw.

Modern passenger diesels are quite good these days. Turbodiesel astras are good fun

This is all the input i have to offer.

K.

[quadeyquade]

Why would you throw the batterys out, wouldnt you just rebuild them like they do with electric pallet jacks etc?

[driftke70]

yeah but the stuff inside em still gets turfed