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Apr 21st, 2024, 09:20 | #1231 | |
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Apr 21st, 2024, 19:40 | #1232 |
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For anyone with Instagram (has a Volvo in it too and it’s topical)
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Apr 21st, 2024, 20:50 | #1235 |
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Apr 22nd, 2024, 11:17 | #1236 | |
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If there's not enough fuel stations, ICE cars are no good - The same applies to EV's. If there's not enough places to charge them (which there isn't) and the range isn't good enough, plus people can't afford to buy them in the first place... it doesn't take a genius to work out the real issues. Government's are pushing the green agenda, but people ain't buying it. I simply cannot see how this country will be ready for EV's by 2035, which is when the sale of new petrol and diesel's are banned. Yes, you'll still be able to go out and buy a used diesel or petrol in 2035 according to Sunak. I think that's a bit of a hint that the change from ICE to EV's by 2035 is a pipe dream and he knows it. I think 2035 just isn't enough time, regardless of what Sunak says. He won't care, he'll be out of office long before then anyway. In the meantime, more manufacturers will stop making EV's. They will produce what sells and what makes them money, otherwise they go out of business. There's a future for electric, but its 20-25 years down the line minimum in my opinion. Although, maybe there isn't a future for it. Maybe hydrogen is the way forward and EV's will be a thing of the past. Only time will tell. Trump wants to halt the EV push. If he wins the election and is actually successful in the rollback, the world will follow. Then 2035 is definitely a pipe dream.
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Apr 22nd, 2024, 12:38 | #1237 |
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Part of the problem here is lack of realism on the part of government which runs through all of the future planning on the table at the moment. Take farming, a report has just been published that say that by 2030 farming will account for 50% of Britain's greenhouse emissions, but that figure is predicated on everything else happening, ie, everyone driving milk floats and be carbonisation of industry and energy production. Ain't gonna happen.
So,what's the answer? Well apparently, we have to alter our diets, go vegan. The vegan market has fallen off the edge because people can't afford the price asked. So that won't happen. Take land out of production is apparently another solution, but with farmers already turning to stewardship schemes food production is already sliding down and at the same time farmers are being told that we need to ensure food security. Mad!! The Plan, long doc I'm afraid but worth the read. Oh, and at no point does it take into account our massive population growth. https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org..._S12_New-1.pdf
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Apr 22nd, 2024, 16:45 | #1238 | |
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https://alternative-fuels-observator...inable-example Anyone seen that Mguy chap on Instagram? He’s very very anti-EV and preaches daily on social media. https://youtu.be/iE8AmkQRhlg?si=N46ycbVjGFP09dbZ Wonder who he’s being funded by? TT
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Apr 22nd, 2024, 19:33 | #1240 |
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Did I read somewhere that the older batteries don't do well with modern, quicker smart chargers? And that consequently there's now a market for second-hand batteries for domestic use?
If so, there must be a load of empty EV shells somewhere. Let's hoard them along with a barn full of smoky old Astramax diesel engines. Hang on - I've got an idea ...
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