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Engineless cars, driverless trains and Brits in space

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Sounds like a good idea to make the second car electric. However, have you noticed that the second car for the school run looks more like the US army going to war! The weight of this vehicle is not going to make electric power economical. The fundamental question still remains where is all of this electrical energy going to be generated? It is not going to come from renewables, there is not enough space in the UK for all the wind turbines required, the sun does not always shine - seems even more reason for the UK government to get its act together on Nuclear Power Generation.

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21 Nov 2011

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3:47 pm

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