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AUSTIN ELECTRICAL LTD
Company number 04387568
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£3500 to convert a vehicle just does not seem realistic to me, and shouts more of trying to grab attention, than of something that will be commercially sustainable.
My guess is somebody is trying to build interest in a new company to hook investors.
It's such a shame that as a species humans are more concerned with profit than progress or even survival.
Imagine what we could have done had big oil not bought and shelved all those good ideas over the last 40/50 years?
Imagine what we could do if everyone working on alternative energy pooled knowledge and resource and shared progress rather than keeping it top secret and protected in order to have the competitive edge for when the technology comes to market.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
The problem with electric cars is... they are cars.
Not saying it's the case, but maybe the driver was on his/her way somewhere, and dropped the sprog off on the way out.
That's what I would have told the rozzers I was doing.
Still shouldn't have parked like a nesbit though.
Found this research paper.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330997953_Gravity_energy_storage_with_suspended_weights_for_abandoned_mine_shafts#pf7
Where it mentions 3000t suspended mass. Cloud cuckoo land.
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OK, that's a different thing from being able to wind them around a drum for raising and lowering a weight... but those kinds of cables and weights are not beyond our current technology.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Cables capable of supporting those kinds of loads *do* exist already - for example the Forth bridge has main cables each carrying a load of 13,800 tonnes. Whether the technology exists to use cables that size to lift and lower weights isn't the same question, and that may well be an assumption that the proponents have made without working it out properly.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Which is correct. The fact is that cables capable of carrying loads of 12,000 tonnes and more do exist. I also never said anything about the size of a winder drum.
I don't doubt at all that the proposal is impractical/impossible as it stands currently, on the scale they're talking about.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein