I need to present a small report at univ and the topic that I selected was the environment. A physical survey has already been performed and now an online one is needed so I was hoping you people could help me

The question, though not a perfect one, is if under a hypothetical condition it ever comes down to the point where all gasoline vehicles must be discarded and say only electric vehicles be used, would you do it?
What you must know is that in this case electric cars

• are very costly.
  
• need a lot of electricity (and electricity is quite costly).
  
• do not cause any pollution what so ever.

1. I'd much rather use public transport.
   
2. I'd go for it without a second thought.
   
3. I'd go for it but grumble about it a lot.
   
4. I'd be a rebel and still use gasoline cars.
   
5. Use another alternative. (Fuel cell technology )

Usually use Public Transport (mostly trains) and walk whenever possible.

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Originally posted by John Anderton
Another question: How do you travel everyday?

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Originally posted by John Anderton
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I usually ride my bicycle to the train station for uni and then get a lift home in the car from the train.

Also you may want to recognise that electric cars aren't overly expensive at the moment, they just don't have the same mileage (which is slowly changing with new batteries and advances in the capture of solar power).  Also the methods of producing electricity can be extremely clean and in some cases actually benefit the environment by doing it (using methane or other natural gases for instance).

If the government were to invest so much into public transport to make it that accessible then where are they getting so much money from?  As you stated electricity is apparently expensive so they would have to have extremely high prices to compensate or to use gasoline which would go against the reasoning of taking public transport instead.  I guess natural gas would be an option, but why wouldn't we just use that in our cars instead if it is so cheap?

I do realise this is hypothetical but it seems too far fetched if you use a little bit of logic about it. 

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Originally posted by John Anderton

Another question: How do you travel everyday?

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the future hopefully will be hydrogen.

or hydrogen/gas/electric hybrids

the cost of public transport will always be going up (especially in England anyway) as there will always be something that needs doing so they up the prices then when we think it's normal again they'll up them again and say its to pay for better this and that in XX years time till then you'll suffer in even more crowded same buses and trains in worse condition than ever... but you'll be getting new ones in 12 years time...



Currently I travel by Bus, skateboard and walk, mainly walk

Public transport (bus/taxi) and walking.

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Originally posted by aNILEator
the future hopefully will be hydrogen.

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Trust me, if they were going to ban Petrol / Diesel powered cars there would be a very viable alternative available - high-ranking politicians usually have the worst eco-friendly cars on the market.

Right now I take the bus to Uni. I'll be driving once I pass my test though, cause the bus goes through the centre of town and takes 1hr45 - 2 hours most of the time - the car takes half an hour to an hour at most during rush hour.

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Originally posted by Haz

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Originally posted by John Anderton
Another question: How do you travel everyday?

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Public transport and walking.

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I would use public transport but here it has all be privatised and the companies aims are making more profit and it gets more expensive every year.

Weekends I will use the car to go to far places, else I walk
Weekdays I use no transport but walking - because I am at school

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Originally posted by John Anderton
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I walk anywhere that is within walking distance. But travel via car to most other places.

I'd use electric cars.................................. as long as they look cool

If I didn't have to catch 4 buses to get to work I would use public transport. It takes me ~45 minutes to get to work and on the bus it takes over 2hrs.

And no I wouldn't use electric cars. I don't think anyone here actually sells them. Its just easier to use petrol.

I have to drive to get to place, cause they don't offer public transportation here.  But i drive all the time cause i live 10 miles from town and since i live on a farm, i got my self a gas guzzling truck lol.

I drive everywhere, it's easier and faster. Then again i live in a Canadian suburb.. nothing is really close. I would totally love to drive an all electric conversion though. (ie, rip the engine out of a gas driven car, and replace it with a big ass electric motor.)

If I'd have a driver license, I'd be annoyed that we'd have to use electric cars, but I'd use them anyway I think.

depends on how good electric cars become, if they match petrol models. then i don't see a problem. but if they slow, and cost lots of money to run. then i'd be pretty annoyed

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The question, though not a perfect one, is if under a hypothetical condition it ever comes down to the point where all gasoline vehicles must be discarded and say only electric vehicles be used, would you do it?

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I currently always drive my car everywhere.

If it was cheap and its battery had a long life enough, I would get a Ginger (Segway) and ride/drive (I don't know the exact word for this ) it to my uni in all days but rainy, snowy or very cold ones. I tested it at my uni thanks to a Bank which brought it for Spring Festival of uni and I don't think I'll fall from it like Bush

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Originally posted by aNILEator
the future hopefully will be hydrogen.

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that won't be likely because it's like a less efficient electric

Electirc Car: power grid > battery > driving
Hydrogen Car: power grid > water electrolysis (makes hydrogen) > hydrogen cell > hydrogen back to electricity > driving

the extra steps make it less efficient because no energy conversion is 100% efficient



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I always bike

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Note that you don't actually need electricity to use a hydrogen fuel cell anymore, the fuel cell produces electricity and uses water.

See: Fuel Cell.

Although it does say the required mats for one of these are pretty expensive.