Prices of the electricity we use to charge

[Nealh]

Bike illegality question.

Just had a bloke pull up riding this -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battery-Electric-Bicycle-Leather-Offroad/dp/B0CQ86T4XB/ref=asc_df_B0CQ86T4XB?mcid=b16b627393bb38229d856578fb4ba4e8&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697275577642&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13212396927674572145&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007392&hvtargid=pla-2274302877750&psc=1&gad_source=1

He was propelling it under throttle only, so in passing I said to him under throttle it was illegal and classed as a moped.
He became a little irate, and apparently I wasnt the first to inform him of that, but was adamant it was totally ok.

He was an older gentleman so I let the swearing at me slide, but Im pretty sure I'm right in this, and as you all know by now its not often I'm wrong about anything

So what exactly is the gig on throttles ?

Sadly efforts at pointing out these illegal riders ends up with them becoming unruly and offensive , it seems age has no barrier .
Also sadly trying to reason with someone like that is akin to trying to polish a turd and a complete waste of time.

You did your best Andy only to receive a mouthful of hate, I too given the chance point out other riders wrong doing .

 

[guerney]

Last week as I was using all of the willpower I had at my disposal to not order the best pizza I've tasted for years (fresh dough, deep topping is stirred partway through baking [double Malliard effect], cheese, more cheese), because I'm trying to not bloat like the Michelin man again.... while gazing longingly at the extensive menu from outside... a delivery rider rocked up and parked with what looked like a X kW motor wheel. I did wonder whether to say something as he attached a D-lock, but decided he already knew, then resumed fantasising about delicious pizza. Probably would have told me to fsck off. Those dudes know and do it anyway. More pleasurable thinking pizza-esque thoughts.

 

[esuark]

I`d have to put a bag over my head riding that even at night to save my embarrassment.

 

[MikelBikel]

1Mwatt charging, yeah, right. That'll go with a bang!
Until the cable is stolen, and who'll be strong enough to lift it?

"P.s. Owners are reminded they'll need to find a 1MW charger, and 1MW Solar/Wind Power Station, well away from people and houses and, well, everything"

Maybe it'll be a robot cattle prod for d car

 

[saneagle]

I`d have to put a bag over my head riding that even at night to save my embarrassment.

and take another one in your pocket to be sick in afterwards.

 

[Woosh]

1Mwatt charging, yeah, right. That'll go with a bang!
Until the cable is stolen, and who'll be strong enough to lift it?

the charging cable is liquid cooled but shouldn't be heavy.

 

[MikelBikel]

Post from New York Post

Hapless anti-Musk activist sets himself on fire after attacking South Carolina Tesla charging station with Molotov cocktails https://nypost.com/2025/03/18/us...

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Mostly Peaceful, Unfortunately Flammable !

How much are used model 3's now?

 

[lenny]

New research leads to calls for EV battery health certificates
"As a first step, AXA UK are calling on the government to adopt the UN’s GTR 22 which outlines minimum performance requirements for the battery state of health."

https://airqualitynews.com/cars-freight-transport/new-research-leads-to-calls-for-ev-battery-health-certificates/

https://unece.org/transport/documents/2022/04/standards/un-gtr-no22-vehicle-battery-durability-electrified-vehicles

 

[MikelBikel]

Post from New York Post

Hapless anti-Musk activist sets himself on fire after attacking South Carolina Tesla charging station with Molotov cocktails https://nypost.com/2025/03/18/us...

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Mostly Peaceful, Unfortunately Flammable !

How much are used model 3's now?

Should I have wrote it..
"Mostly Peaceful, Flagrantly Flammable"?
Now they're really for it!

 

[lenny]

 

[MikelBikel]

So will this local judge hold Trump in contempt and jail him for 500 days like Enoch Burke in Ireland, or Tommy Robinson in England, or Assange, or Jan6er's, or...
Or will Trump remove his security clearance and his court's security, electric, water, heating, aircon, food delivery, fuel delivery, waste collection
And refer it to the supreme Court to discipline, fire, disbar or other sanctions on this..judge?
I suppose it depends on???

 

[lenny]

 

[lenny]

 

[Woosh]

So will this local judge hold Trump in contempt and jail him for 500 days like Enoch Burke in Ireland, or Tommy Robinson in England, or Assange, or Jan6er's, or...
Or will Trump remove his security clearance and his court's security, electric, water, heating, aircon, food delivery, fuel delivery, waste collection
And refer it to the supreme Court to discipline, fire, disbar or other sanctions on this..judge?
I suppose it depends on???

Trump has immunity but can't touch the judges. The supreme court has no enforcement power but can change the interpretation of the law on a case by case basis. All the supreme court does is to send the case back to the Lower Courts with their opinion. Only Congress can impeach high judges. Lower judges can be side stepped by the doj.

 

[MikelBikel]

Net Zero Nonsense.
No diesel backup means No Flights.
Heathrow: Worlds Busiest 3rd World Airport!

 

[MikelBikel]

The comments are full of practical reason this is vapourware.
Anyone got a 1MW Solar/Wind generator going spare?
Heathrow is asking around!
Any traders here selling 4Amp bike battery chargers, no, why not? Ah

 

[lenny]

 

[lenny]

 

[Woosh]

Net Zero Nonsense.
No diesel backup means No Flights.
Heathrow: Worlds Busiest 3rd World Airport!

The diesel emergency generator worked as expected.
Apparently, the fire knocked out the main transformer and the backup transformer. That substation supplies one quarter of Heathrow. Two more substations supply the rest. What they had to do was to run the diesel backup generator to keep the control tower and essential circuits. The problem they had, and that will have to be revised, was they had to switch off the feeds from the two good substations to reconfigure the distribution. By that time, the fire at Hayes substation was put out and National Grid has sorted the supply at the Hayes substation.

 

[lenny]

Originally constructed in 1922 as a petrol-powered bike, it was converted to run on electricity in 1942
At the time, its electric efficiency was calculated to be “9 miles per penny.”

Originally constructed in 1922 as a petrol-powered bike, it was converted to run on electricity in 1942 | thepack.news | THE PACK - Electric motorcycle news

This extraordinary motorbike, now 103 years old, began its life as a 1922 Douglas 2 ¾. In 1942, Mr. Pidcock from Peterborough transformed...

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The 3-speed system is connected to three batteries, with settings of 6v, 12v, and 18v.