tonyj105:
Apparently we’ll have an electric powered wheeled excavator exhibiting in paris in april , mecalac 12mtx e12. Its no small beast it weighs in around 12 tonnes.2 electric motors and runsfor 8 hours, 6 to 7 hours to recharge.
All this electric stuff hmmm. And just how are we meant to power it all. I thought there was a very real concern over lack of power generation, wind permitting.
Can almost see the scandal coming now a few years down the line with dear old Arthur chipping in on his death bed “Well if the Tory Government under Thatcher hadn’t decimated the coalfields…” (it’s all right Arthur. Electricity would be that bloody expensive we can’t afford to deliver the cornflakes).