Do Londoners dream of electric buses?
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Do Londoners dream of electric buses?
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#2And tall white fountains?
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#3Most interesting part of the article for me:
> and being of considerable utility, they are remarkably undamaged. It seems that sticking chewing gum in things only applies when the vandal feels they wont personally lose out
(assuming this is actually true, and not another in a long local tradition of overly rose-tinted journalistic views of our grim North Sea shithole)
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#4Most interesting part of the article for me: > and being of considerable utility, they are remarkably undamaged. It seems that sticking chewing gum in things only applies when the vandal feels they wont personally lose out (assuming this is actually true, and not another in a long local tradition of overly rose-tinted journalistic views of our grim North Sea shithole)
- grim North Sea shithole
Spend some time in other coutries and you'll yearn to return. Trust me.
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#5Interesting about getting sufficient power supplies in. 2.5MW is a lot.
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#6TFA has great practical information about the switch from diesel to battery. A few examples:
* How do you arrange parked buses in a garage so that they can charge? Diagrams included!
* Purchase cost: 2x up front compared to diesel, but improving
* Operating cost: 50% lower than diesel (but labor—hiring the driver—is still 60%)
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#7TFA has great practical information about the switch from diesel to battery. A few examples: * How do you arrange parked buses in a garage so that they can charge? Diagrams included! * Purchase cost: 2x up front compared to diesel, but improving * Operating cost: 50% lower than diesel (but labor—hiring the driver—is still 60%)
Any comparison of noise generated by these buses? Of changes in the on-time rate due to changed handling/acceleration? How much smoke did the diesels put out?
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#8> Londoners might not dream of electric buses, …
Every single cyclist dreams of electric busses, believe you me.
Huffing nitrogen stationary-bus-fart oxides turns any public road here straight into an express lane to lung cancer, without even the courtesy of a nicotine rush.
I laugh when people say cycling is healthy. Not in London. Nooo sir. Between the long term certainty of whatever smokers like to aim for, and the short term gamble of “brain-on-asphalt syndrome”, it’s a bloody joke.
Electric busses can’t rule the streets soon enough.
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#9China is adding electric buses at an incredible rate. Every 5 weeks China adds a London sized fleet of electric buses:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/china-is-adding-a-lon...
https://www.curbed.com/2018/5/4/17320838/china-bus-shenzhen-...
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#10> Londoners might not dream of electric buses, … Every single cyclist dreams of electric busses, believe you me. Huffing nitrogen stationary-bus-fart oxides turns any public road here straight into an express lane to lung cancer, without even the courtesy of a nicotine rush. I laugh when people say cycling is healthy. Not in London. Nooo sir. Between the long term certainty of whatever smokers like to aim for, and th…
Is there any research to back up your claim? What are the chances of getting cancer from this? Is there even a direct link? Is it better in aggregate to be an unfit bus rider or a fit cyclist?