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by eddy
Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: General Transport Discussion
Topic: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra
Replies: 477
Views: 84566

Re: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra

I tried putting the following into AI to video free to see what happened.

With a 30,000 space carpark below ground and a Japanese maglev to Melbourne via Canberra and Albury the Parrahub 5,000 units in the 300m diameter by 300m high would be the best value in Sydney.
by eddy
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: General Transport Discussion
Topic: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra
Replies: 477
Views: 84566

Re: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra

HVDC cables in the Parrahub to Melbourne via Canberra and Albury tunnel not only earns $12b p/a but cannot be blown down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufllGU-zqdY
by eddy
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Trailerbus
Replies: 503
Views: 40395

Re: Trailerbus

In the new edition of Trailer magazine they are advertising AAA drop deck trailers for only $99.500 so making a Trailerbus could not be over $250,000 not including the prime mover of the another $250,000
by eddy
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:10 am
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: Rare and interesting car sightings
Replies: 2039
Views: 409695

Re: Rare and interesting car sightings

Frances wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:30 pm My father used to drive an HT Premier. That was so long ago though, that I hardly have any recollection of it
I had a HK with all the grease nipples on the front end and crash first gear then an HG station wagon with two speed auto.
by eddy
Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Trailerbus
Replies: 503
Views: 40395

Re: Trailerbus

hugh45 wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:39 pm The law to wear hats on bikes is to prevent injury if involved in an accident or fall.
I understand it is mostley caused by falling over.

The statasticion that said when it became law head injuries were reduced did not account for people stopping riding and dying with a heart attack instead.
by eddy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Trailerbus
Replies: 503
Views: 40395

Re: Trailerbus

slow riding has the same risk as walking. .. Having fallen off a bike at slightly faster than walking pace at the age of 11 or so, come off second best, and still bearing some marks to this day, I would dispute that opinion. It was just as well for me that it happened on the footpath.... In Amsterd...
by eddy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Trailerbus
Replies: 503
Views: 40395

Re: Trailerbus

Evidently the catchment area for the first and last mile has proven far greater in Philadelphia and San Francisco when buses and trains take bikes. https://www.academia.edu/5805222/Perceptions_of_Bicycle_Friendly_Policy_Impacts_on_Accessibility_to_Transit_Services_The_First_and_Last_Mile_Bridge?emai...
by eddy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:07 am
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What makes you happy today?
Replies: 3304
Views: 482330

Re: What makes you happy today?

So glad we came to Australia from England in 1952 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQ4W3y88eo
by eddy
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: General Transport Discussion
Topic: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra
Replies: 477
Views: 84566

Re: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra

To enable Snowy 2 to put the HVDC cables directly below the Parrahub to Melbourne via Canberra and Albury tunnel it must be started now to avoid expensive overhead transmission.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaUw8U1URCI
by eddy
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:09 am
Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
Topic: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney
Replies: 107
Views: 38552

Re: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney

At present Australia has the chance to connect Sydney to Melbourne via Canberra and Albury with a proven Japanese SC maglev but as it has never been done before most people want to use last century rails so we will be stuck with trucks and planes like China and America. As we are a democracy governm...
by eddy
Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Trailerbus
Replies: 503
Views: 40395

Re: Trailerbus

After watching this I am convinced NSW is a nanny state that will not even try a Trailerbus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXuYn7iBidk
by eddy
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: New tax in place of compulsury super
Replies: 53
Views: 13668

Re: New tax in place of compulsury super

Watching tax reform on National press club Australia but they never said about stopping compulsory super with an extra 10% tax that can be spent in Australia where super funds want to buying more coal mines or going overseas. True governments have not got a good track record but there is a balance w...
by eddy
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Trailerbus
Replies: 503
Views: 40395

Re: Trailerbus

Frances wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:22 pm Wouldn't it be illegal to ride without a helmet?
We can change the law to be like most of the world as slow riding has the same risk as walking.

The stastastician who said making it mandatory did not account for the fact people just gave up riding and used a car instead.
by eddy
Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:50 am
Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
Topic: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney
Replies: 107
Views: 38552

Re: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney

China claims 623 km/h maglev train but I cannot see how with only 1 cm clearance. https://www.iflscience.com/chinas-hyperloop-breaks-own-speed-record-hitting-over-623-kilometers-per-hour-72860 I put on the Maglev forum that it is hard to believe the China claim of 623 km/h train. https://www.maglev...
by eddy
Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: General Transport Discussion
Topic: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra
Replies: 477
Views: 84566

Re: Parrahub and Sydney to Melbourne Maglev via Canberra

After watching this video perhaps bricks and mortar are making a comeback particularly if shops can have consignment stock that is delivered cheaply in trucks rather than many people just existing delivering to the door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNktc1Ppi6A This would be good for Parrahub wit...
by eddy
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
Topic: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney
Replies: 107
Views: 38552

Re: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney

China claims 623 km/h maglev train but I cannot see how with only 1 cm clearance.

https://www.iflscience.com/chinas-hyper ... hour-72860
by eddy
Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
Replies: 9397
Views: 876376

Re: What gives you the S&#T's!?

My brother had 5 hybrids and if I ever bought a car it would be a hybrid not full electric. Both America and Australia are buying ICE cars because that is what most people want and keep using the cheap fuel we are using because Aussies are broke. A guy of Indian appearance pulled into Kincumber vil...
by eddy
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What makes you happy today?
Replies: 3304
Views: 482330

Re: What makes you happy today?

by eddy
Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
Topic: Trailerbus
Replies: 503
Views: 40395

Re: Trailerbus

I am amazed how fast slow biking is compared to slow walking because most nights I can easily go a few kilometers in half an hour where I may not even be able to walk that far so getting rid of the school buses and keeping kids fit riding to school is a no brainer in my opinion but you have to allow...
by eddy
Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
Replies: 9397
Views: 876376

Re: What gives you the S&#T's!?

Funny that GM scrambled to remove their promising electric cars from circulation in the 1990s - see Who Killed The Electric car, and now the world is pushing them on us. Both scenarios smack of a sinister plot by corporates to screw everybody over. My brother had 5 hybrids and if I ever bought a ca...
by eddy
Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
Topic: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney
Replies: 107
Views: 38552

Re: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney

After watching this video I think the price of oil may go through the roof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKp9RzIIWz4 In that case I won't watch it. I don't want to be responsible for the price of oil going through the roof. Ha ha but if Ukraine blows up all Russias oil wells it may cost each tru...
by eddy
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
Topic: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney
Replies: 107
Views: 38552

Re: Faster Trains to link Canberra and Sydney

After watching this video I think the price of oil may go through the roof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKp9RzIIWz4
by eddy
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
Topic: 2022 bus procurement
Replies: 22
Views: 3836

Re: 2022 bus procurement

From what I was told you can't charge an element on the same gear you charge a Yutong and that was not realised until....... :lol: In spite of how crazy that sounds, I wouldn't discredit it after some of the other insanity ones hears of in the bus world! I was impressed by how much you know and won...
by eddy
Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
Topic: 2022 bus procurement
Replies: 22
Views: 3836

Re: 2022 bus procurement

Whatever they get it must take bikes in my opinion. They might be looking for something that takes bikes as all the roads and car parks are full there. Trailerbus in your phone. https://app.sketchup.com/share/tc/northAmerica/HD_R0BSQAwo?stoken=xBypwhlI8iKCkSNbNc9OqWnkRBoY1jNP-n9SE5lVg-1fd_yhHw__hP4...

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