It’s on — a drag race of epic proportions, world’s fastest four-door sedan, Tesla Model S P85D, against Australia’s fastest four-door sedans, Supercheap Auto Racing Holden Commodore V8 Supercar and Walkinshaw Performance W507 HSV GTS. Tesla Model S P85D rockets from 0-100km/h in just 3.3-seconds, while the V8 Supercar does it in 3.4-seconds, but weighs just 1400kg with the driver. Tesla is a road car, almost silent, with free battery replacement after 8 years, so likely to keep doing this for 16 years, while V8 Supercar will last…how long? From Dick Johnson, Supercars won’t travel too far, based on burning 7o litres/100km ethanol, without subsidy costing more than $2/litre.
Strap on as we see who wins — USA v Australia.
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BZE do it again, leading the way for our leaders. How much longer will it take? Maybe name change is needed, from Beyond Zero Emissions to After Zero Emissions?
But is there any chance our leaders will ever follow lead of other countries by introducing new ADR’s for neighbourhood EV’s, light/heavy quadricycle/tricycle? R
Wealthy countries should not try to welch on their promise of finance for developing countries to adapt to climate change and should also provide funds for displacement and migration, non-government organisations warned on first day of climate negotiations in Bonn, the last preparatory meeting before the Paris climate summit. Director of International Institute for Environment and Development, Dr Saleemul Huq, part of the Climate Action Network of 950 groups from 100 countries, told a media conference the obligation of rich countries to provide financial assistance to developing countries had changed in the treaty text to a question of developing countries being ‘eligible’ for finance assistance. “The (treaty) text says countries can be eligible for funding that is a very weasel word from the original framework convention on climate change.
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