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edders23
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nearly every pundit is forecasting oil to go above $100 a barrell early in 2011 with some forecasting $150 a barrel by summer others saying 5 to 10 % growth no one is forecasting a price drop !

Just wish someone would come up with an electric taxi that could do enough miles on one charge to coveer a normal shift !
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edders23 wrote:
nearly every pundit is forecasting oil to go above $100 a barrell early in 2011 with some forecasting $150 a barrel by summer others saying 5 to 10 % growth no one is forecasting a price drop !

Just wish someone would come up with an electric taxi that could do enough miles on one charge to coveer a normal shift !


amen to that

when schools in i do 150 miles a day (6 days a week) half morning/half evening

i need a focus sized car and decent performance on electric, not "hybrid" unless its a LPG-fuelled generator unit powering the leccy motor(s)

like a down-market version of the new leccy-jaguar
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edders23 wrote:
Just wish someone would come up with an electric taxi that could do enough miles on one charge to coveer a normal shift !

I think the future is hydrogen.

Well at least that's what a boffin told me the other day.

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Sussex wrote:
edders23 wrote:
Just wish someone would come up with an electric taxi that could do enough miles on one charge to coveer a normal shift !

I think the future is hydrogen.

Well at least that's what a boffin told me the other day.


it will be electric first, then hydrogen

thats when the big engine producers decide to let it be (Ford for one)
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But the prices won't change much over the long term.
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But the prices won't change much over the long term.


no course not


45p/ltr 20 years ago..............
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to put this into perspective

20 years ago we lived in snowdonia

Harlech was 14 miles away and i charged £15

fuel has trippled in price

oddly, insurance then (8 seater new policy) £1250

ive just paid £1300 on a mondeo with 3 years NCB!

and i still quote £1 PLM for long runs.....
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PLM ? is this a new unit of distance we don't know about :lol:
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Peer loaded mile??????????????
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PLM ? is this a new unit of distance we don't know about :lol:


It is the unit of measurement used by a lot of private hire drivers. It stands for PER LOADED MILE.

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edders23 wrote:
PLM ? is this a new unit of distance we don't know about :lol:


just you it seems

PLM
RTM
POB
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wannabeeahack wrote:
edders23 wrote:
PLM ? is this a new unit of distance we don't know about :lol:


just you it seems

PLM
RTM
POB
RTB


Well I got the PLM and I know POB is a puppet but what are the other 2 :?

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Per Loaded Mile
Round trip Mileage
Passenger OnBoard
Return To Base


DILLIGAF.... :-o

OOT - Out Of Time (a favourite with parcel deliveries)
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I thought OTT was 'over the top...' :?
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PLM is considered a delicacy in the Navy, when battered and fried!

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