Whether we like it or not public attitudes will evolve in line with the times.
Engineering will likewise evolve as it has done since the age of steam, I remember the steam trains lined up at Corkerhill, good for nothing other than scrap when diesels took over... As kids we used to roam everywhere, we found an old 350 AJS under a bit of a tarpaulin lying up against the side of house, the owner said we could have it for a bottle of IRN-BRU and 10 Capstan... Strange but true Tim. We scurried off home, purloined a few bob... and between the four of us we became the proud owners of a m/cycle.
Technological advance...? What is a 286 computer worth today, and what were dimensions of the amount of hardware it replaced when it was the latest bit of kit ? Mobile phones with more computing power than the first man on the moon had available to get there and back, kit that once cost a fortune worth less than nothing now, in fact it can be a burden to get rid of it...?
T`was not until the seventies that BANGERS became Classics and the industry gathered speed, from then on fuelled by the Baby Boomer generation`s discovery of disposable income which seemed to increase around the birth of easy money at the beginning of the eighties....Home ownership increase perhaps via council house purchases, buying shares, classic cars, two or more holidays abroad, things few folk had ever dreamed of but a few years before, amazing the way our sense of values and expectations can alter..?
Industry can not afford to fail...??? Where do you live..? Where I live very large industries have disappeared... Ship building, coal mining steel works, Car and truck manufacturing plants shut down , and much more. Rejuvenation has been tried, in more recent times huge factory built for a Chinese TV tube manufacturer using govt money in the hope of providing employment, I think it never produced a tube, as by the time it was built LCD had taken over..! Yeah things can change... and fast too, faster than govt planning on occasion...?
I sure hope that the disruption so many have and are voting for works out well in time for the common good.
I apologise if that which I type seems negative or contradicts your personal beliefs or interests, though I in no way feel negative... quite the opposite in fact. The MMC, yeah well it seems obvious they will be continue to be supported by the faithful producing scooters for the ever ageing baby boomers with a cowl, rad and all important winged badge... (-:
EV or not...? Currently marching time, should replace my old 4wd turbo diesel truck as I am finished with heavy lifting, but stretching another year out of the old thing by which time, I hope to see a clearer way forward, before thinking to replace it or just drop down to two cars.. hmm..?
Just thinking in type...
