Gweiloman

Hot weather, my behind. It’s all this EVangelists charging their Chinese made milk floats.

1 hour ago, balo said:

Anyone been electrocuted in Thailand while charging their EV?     

https://www.christmasinjurylawyers.com/blog/man-electrocuted-by-ev-charging-station/

Stupid…

48 minutes ago, balo said:

Since this is Thailand I think it's a good question, people are getting electrocuted all the time.   Who are responsible for building them? 
 

and stupider.

From what I gather, it seems that the problems are the respective incompetent governments and bureaucrats, the unnecessary bureaucracy, the lack of funds (although there’s plenty to spend on making war around the world), the determination to contain especially China by insisting on paying more for solar panels made in the west etc etc.

If a country like China can provide enough electricity for its EVs when most of its population was bicycling only 40 years ago, it beggars description that western countries are struggling. To me, it’s a sign of their decline.

15 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Well China's powerful but to say that they are the world's power I think is a great exaggeration. They have a handful of deep sea ports and they have no deep sea Navy thus far. The US has the most powerful deep sea Navy on the planet and far more deep sea ports around the world. 

 

The other big factor is that they're very afraid of having their currency traded outside of China, and therefore it's not a negotiable currency around the world. They will never be a major player until they give up that intense need for control. 

China doesn’t have deep sea ports all over the world because they don’t want to exert control or dominance, unlike the US.

Very simply, between China and the US at the moment, which country is involved in both major wars happening? Hint (since you only get your information from MSM): it’s not China

22 hours ago, transam said:

Could be, as you were one too....................😂

One of us still is and I reckon the majority of posters know who…

I previously owned an ICEV as that was the only option available. Hobson’s choice and all that you know. And then one morning, I woke up and saw the LIGHT… Now I’m SAVED from spending hard earned money on fossil fuels. Hallelujah!

16 hours ago, transam said:

I went to Tesco/Lotus this morning, in walking back to the car I noticed a charging station, hmm, I thought, that's new.

There was a car parked in front of it with a bloke inside, then as I walked past I noticed the engine was running.............🤣...........

More evidence that ICE drivers are rather, shall we say, intellectually challenged?

16 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

No. I will buy an American or European made product over a Chinese product, every single opportunity I get. Not only are they higher quality, but I get to deny the subsidized Chinese factories, and the heinous CCP. Call it whatever you like. Makes no difference to me. Never been particularly concerned with criticism, nor name calling.

 

Why? Closer ties to China are not a good idea. They are up to no good. Their intentions are heinous. Their desire for power and dominnance knows no bounds. They cannot and should not be trusted. They are NOT a reliable ally, and are not a good or trustworthy world power. They are only one step above Russia, on the trust scale. Worldwide slavery, and organ harvesting? No thanks Xi. 

 

Perhaps the Chinese should educate themselves on what their own government is doing to the minorities in the West, and Falun Gong members.

Falun Gong practitioners across China are subject to widespread surveillance, arbitrary detention, imprisonment, and torture, and they are at a high risk of extrajudicial execution. The party-state invests hundreds of millions of dollars annually in the campaign to crush Falun Gong, while simultaneously engaging in exploitative and lucrative forms of abuse against practitioners, including extortion and prison labor.

https://freedomhouse.org/report/2017/battle-china-spirit-falun-gong-religious-freedom

The Chinese government has imprisoned more than one million people since 2017 and subjected those not detained to intense surveillance, religious restrictions, forced labor, and forced sterilizations.

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights
 

You really are a laugh a minute. Both sources you quoted are funded by the US State department. Any light bulbs going off?

13 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Donkeys years ago (when I had a proper MG), when driving in the rain the roof leaked so much a bag on your head was handy!

Ah yes, I remember it well. Those were the days when it was a wholly owned British company. They sure know something about building cars in those days. 

13 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I don't trust Chinese cars, and I don't like supporting Chinese companies, nor the Chinese government. So I have multiple reasons to never buy a Chinese car. 

 

Not gonna happen. 

And there we have it. The perfect example of a brainwashed, propagandised westerner, who won’t buy a cheaper but undoubtedly superior product, just because he can’t let go of his bias and prejudices.

But he posts in a thread that is for all intents and purposes, a thread about Chinese made cars. What a laugh.

13 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Range anxiety is a thing of the past and was real for the first EVs with unreliable range. Top Gear did a few segments where the trio was driving along with 200 km range and then 30 km later, range had dropped to 20 km. With few to no charging stations around, they have to run a power cable out a hotel window to charge over night.

There is no range anxiety or any other kind of anxiety with the cars you guys are driving now and the current charging station infrastructure. 

 

I think we need to report this post to the mods as I suspect this account has been hacked.

I suspect @JBChiangRai as I believe he’s an IT guy…

7 hours ago, eisfeld said:

 

I see you ran out of arguments and propaganda talking points with only a silly smiley left. I guess getting yourself caught with your history pants down regarding the border treaty was a bit much. But hey, you're welcome 🙂

You have really embraced all the western propaganda and washed it down with tonnes of kool aid. If ever there’s such a thing as a paid shill, you are it.

All your arguments are straight out of the playbooks of the NED, RWB/RSF, USAID etc. To you, it’s ok for the US and it’s puppets to surround China and Russia with military bases but … Munro Doctrine ring any bells?

To you, China and Russia are aggressors and bullies but which country has over 800 military bases around the world and which countries have been involved in more wars in the last few decades than China and Russia (and probably many other countries) combined? I of course know your response to that so you can save yourself some energy and no need to answer.

Is Taiwan part of China? There is an uninformed poster who states that the Taiwanese don’t consider themselves part of China. There’s a clue in its name; Republic of China. 
 

The global majority sees very clearly what the US is trying to do. Cling onto its declining hegemony but still caught up in its hubris and ignorance. It’s only a matter time before the new world order and multipolarity and the peace that it hopefully brings will come to fruition.

42 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

You are ignoring everything I say. I'll help you - just look for the big words in bold.  I test drove a C300 diesel. I was very much inside the car when I did that. I have been a passenger in diesel S Class Mercs and 7 series BMWs. Again, I was inside the car on each occasion.

I have a pair of ears that are attached to my head. The cars are not "quiet as a mouse". They are just quieter than diesels used to be. The Merc C300 was so unpleasant I immediately cancelled my order - I couldn't live with it on a day to day basis, plus it was completely soulless with its rattly 4,500 rpm red line.

An hour ago I drove a brand new Ford Everest Titanium - it belongs to a friend. My God it is awful and noisy, inside and out.

 

 

My neighbour, retired senior border police officer, just complained yesterday about how expensive his Ford Everest is to run, in terms of fuel consumption. Mind you, he mostly uses it to just take his grandchildren to and from school. Of course, I know exactly when he leaves and when he returns. Unlike tran, I still hear pretty good lol.

6 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

 

What a load of crap from the Chinese propaganda machine. Nato has neither invaded nor is it threatening any country. It's a defense alliance by nature. In reality it is China on the other hand has invaded Tibet, has taken full control over Hong Kong, is threatening Taiwan and constantly provokes countries in the South China Sea like the Philippines. They also provoke India regularily. China also supports the local troublemaker-in-chief North Korea and the war-monger Putin.

 

The fact that you didn’t even realise that Hkg is part of China and merely leased to Britain for 99 years renders the rest of your post as nonsense.

1 minute ago, Bannoi said:

You are correct NATO was created to contain the old Soviet Union and should have just naturally faded away.  Unfortunately Putin seems hell bent on recreating the old USSR it making NATO just as relevant today as it ever was. The only thing that will stop Putin is an overwhelming show of force if he thinks he might lose or get a bloody nose he will not start or back down just like any other bully.

I can’t agree with you. Putin actually wanted to join NATO when Clinton was POTUS but he was rejected. This would have sent a very clear message to him that he was not welcome and would actually gotten rid of the need for NATO altogether, something that the generals absolutely do not want.

Much like what the US is trying to do to China at the moment, they have provoked Russia into taking military action to defend against what they see, rightly or wrongly, as an existential threat. The same thing will happen if, on top of the special forces placed on the Kinmen and Pengshu islands, the US starts to put more men and weapons there. China will then have no choice but to take military action.

Sadly, I think that might happen soon as the US government also has no choice as it is the MIC that will decide.

25 minutes ago, transam said:

What a fibber, try inside the cars............😂

You are really losing the plot. EVs are quiet, both inside and out. An ICEV may be quiet on the inside but still much noisier than an EV on the outside. I don’t see how you can possibly argue with that.