Posted by Knobdoodle on July 18, 2009, 5:11 am
>> Here to stay? I think not. Hybrids by their very nature are a short-
>> term engineering 'solution' to a problem. Do you seriously think that
>> people will be driving petrol/electric vehicles in 20 years time?
>>
> We've been driving petrol/electric trains for the past 50 years.
A train that runs on petrol?!!?
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Posted by Noddy on July 18, 2009, 7:14 am
> A train that runs on petrol?!!?
Relax. He's American :)
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Noddy.
Posted by Was Istoben on July 18, 2009, 2:38 pm
>> A train that runs on petrol?!!?
> Relax. He's American :)
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> Regards,
> Noddy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotive
Posted by Noddy on July 18, 2009, 2:49 pm
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotive
Thanks for that, but what part of that interesting article had anything to
do with *petrol*?
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Noddy.
Posted by Was Istoben on July 18, 2009, 3:56 pm
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotive
> Thanks for that, but what part of that interesting article had anything to
> do with *petrol*?
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> Regards,
> Noddy.
In the American dialect "petrol" is short for "petroleum." Since you know
nothing of our society, I can understand your confusion.
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>> term engineering 'solution' to a problem. Do you seriously think that
>> people will be driving petrol/electric vehicles in 20 years time?
>>
> We've been driving petrol/electric trains for the past 50 years.