Gov announce no new petrol or diesel post 2040

[Gavin John Hyde]

Apparently the government are going to announce this week that from 2040 no new diesel or petrol vehicles will be allowed to be sold in the UK. sounds good in theory but can't see it working too well.

Now am i the only one who thinks if everybody plugs there car into the grid to charge then the grid will simply collapse, it will break under the demand of all those vehicles being charged.

You can install as many solar arrays and turbines as you like but you do not need to be Einstein to realise that the DNO's are barely managing now and we keep hearing how we need new power stations.

Making the cars and developing batteries is coming along well, but you need the infrastructure!

Will be great for electricians though with all them charging points to install. I think the £500 OLEV grants for putting a charging point in at home when you buy a new electric vehicle will quickly disappear mind.

only 8195 days until no more engines then...

 

[PEG]

surely that's the important part... Due to the fact it kills people and wildlife? and it doesnt have a gearbox, so no leaks.. batteries etc are recycled, our lungs arent.

Hi dude,i apologise,i should have said,if it leaks any oil from it's four mode single speed automatic gearbox...which it is fitted with

I'm not having a pop...just proving how easy these eco-myths are formed.

I do not doubt that at some stage,you were told,or lead to believe,it had no gearbox...it sounds kind of understandable,but drive-trains,regenerative braking,hill start assist,etc all require a means of transmission.

It is the same story when folk are told,there is no pollution.

A slightly more thorough investigation,reveals the full story

 

[Bobster]

Producing Lithium cells puts out far more harmful gasses into the environment than producing and running an normal petrol car. Coupled with the fact they need replacing quite often. (I'm not exactly sure if my memory is correct here, but I'm sure I read a 7 year lifespan.)

Even catalytic converters produce more pollution in manufacture than they save from the cars output over a 20 year life.

Guess what though, both are not made in this country. So who cares...

 

[Flanders]

Is it not the point to remove pollution from our towns and city's , I do agree that with electric vehicle you are not preventing pollution its just going elsewhere .
I was walking past a taxi rank the other day, all had there engines running and I found it very unpleasant and thought this can't be good for my lungs
So in summery if we get all electric vehicles the planet will still be destroyed but we will be able to breathe fresh air in our towns and city's until it does.

 

[Midwest]

Well at some point (well past my sell by), we'll run out of fossil fuels and will be needing some other form of sustainable fuel (got my money on plutonium-powered nuclear fission reactor).

Ps Feeling a bit uneasy with my multiple use of well, will etc, sparksburnout and all that

 

[sparksburnout]

Is it not the point to remove pollution from our towns and city's , I do agree that with electric vehicle you are not preventing pollution its just going elsewhere .
I was walking past a taxi rank the other day, all had there engines running and I found it very unpleasant and thought this can't be good for my lungs
So in summery if we get all electric vehicles the planet will still be destroyed but we will be able to breathe fresh air in our towns and city's until it does.

I personally find it quite irritating when people just sit in their cars and leave the engine running, often for no obvious reason. I bet this alone causes loads of totally unnecessary pollution.

 

[Midwest]

I personally find it quite irritating when people just sit in their cars and leave the engine running, often for no obvious reason. I bet this alone causes loads of totally unnecessary pollution.

Thing is, if you turn you engine off at the lights, don't get it right timing wise, this can cause everyone else to wait while you restart, trees to dying the world over; unless you have auto stop-start, like her indoors car has. I try and replicate it with me derv van, but me timings not good (think me spellings good to go?)

 

[Flanders]

Got stop start on my van , problem is with the air con and mini fridge on in the summer or the electric seats on in the winter the engine has to keep running to keep me at the correct temperature . I'm on about these selfish people who haven't got these luxury's and keep their engines on when I'm walking past