27: Lunch with Leon episode 27 - Paul Seller
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Ricardo has a long history of developing diesel drivelines, stemming from its key involvement in the First World War to reduce exhaust emissions (yes, really) that eventually earned founder Harry Ricardo a knighthood.
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Today, the British company has a global presence across a range of market sectors \\u2013 including cars, commercial vehicles, rail, defence, motorsport, energy and environment \\u2013 with a client list that includes transport operators, manufacturers, energy companies, financial institutions and government agencies.
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As a global strategic engineering and environmental consultancy that specialises in the transport, energy and scarce resources sectors, it\\u2019s able to look objectively at the progress to new energy for transport as Paul Seller Ricardo Rail MD explains.
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Over lunch with Leon Daniels OBE they chat about de-carbonisation not just in Europe, but worldwide and how this can be achieved.
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There\\u2019s \\u2018life in the old dog yet\\u2019 reckons Paul as they talk about the internal combustion engine (ICE) and he explains why it shouldn\\u2019t be written off just yet, as different fuel sources become available.
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They chew over the progress to new energy for transport, such as electrification, hydrogen, ammonia and methane, which Paul describes as \\u2018extremely exciting\\u2019. Also, he reckons that it\\u2019s \\u2018not a forgone conclusion\\u2019 that hydrogen\\u2019s transport role will solely be using fuel cells.
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\\u201cWe have a long way to go to settle on what the transport fuel of the future will be,\\u201d he adds as he looks to future of urban transport, what drives it and why it varies around the world.\\xa0
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He also talks about the impact of Brexit on emissions and transport standards.
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