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Most people are currently worried about putting their heating on and whether they can put food on the table

Deciding whether to purchase an Electric Car or not is the last thing on most people's minds
Yet, deciding whether they can afford a car, fuel it and maintain it is a major worry. Many people rely on a vehicle to get to work; many rely on it for work.

In a time when finances are tight, it is important for people to make prudent decisions. It may not be the original rational for the thread, but it's a part of it.

If people aren't able to work, they may not have the money to put food on the table etc.
 
Most people are currently worried about putting their heating on and whether they can put food on the table

Deciding whether to purchase an Electric Car or not is the last thing on most people's minds
Whilst your sentiment may be apt for many, I don't believe the threat of going hungry is the reality just yet for "most people". Excuse my social blindness whilst I stare from a window in my home counties gated community....(which is actually a northern council estate)
 
Whilst your sentiment may be apt for many, I don't believe the threat of going hungry is the reality just yet for "most people". Excuse my social blindness whilst I stare from a window in my home counties gated community....(which is actually a northern council estate)
Going cold is definitely a reality - I spend most of my day freezing working from home because I'm terrified of racking up a huge energy bill. I earn roughly the average salary in this country and am not eligible for any form of government subsidy or benefit
 
They are far from green as stated .....plus wait till the new ones have a seatbelt tax ......

You’re just stating lies as fact.

EVs over their lifetime are significantly better for the environment than ICE cars. It only takes about 15000 miles of driving for an EV to become more beneficial in terms of carbon emissions.

 
Going cold is definitely a reality - I spend most of my day freezing working from home because I'm terrified of racking up a huge energy bill. I earn roughly the average salary in this country and am not eligible for any form of government subsidy or benefit
I understand, it's a cripplingly high rise in price, but have you got a smart meter to monitor your energy usage with one of your rooms central heated, so you can cost calculate?

I remember we rarely had the heating on when I was a kid in the early 80s. Jumpers and hot water bottles to top up any heating were the norm and we were happy. The era of cheap energy in real terms 1990-2021 I believe is sadly over.
 
I understand, it's a cripplingly high rise in price, but have you got a smart meter to monitor your energy usage with one of your rooms central heated, so you can cost calculate?

I remember we rarely had the heating on when I was a kid in the early 80s. Jumpers and hot water bottles to top up any heating were the norm and we were happy. The era of cheap energy in real terms 1990-2021 I believe is sadly over.
Yes I do - It currently cost about £1 an hour to heat my house

I live in an old Victorian terrace which is a [Poor language removed] to heat - I've had to splash out and put the heating on for a couple of hours because the temperature is 11 degrees in here

If this is the future - then the UK is about to become a third world country
 
You’re just stating lies as fact.

EVs over their lifetime are significantly better for the environment than ICE cars. It only takes about 15000 miles of driving for an EV to become more beneficial in terms of carbon emissions.

Polluting rivers in third world countries to get rid of the toxic battery acid - plus it in the future if everyone had an electric car how is going to be produced on that massive scale ?
EG everyone plugs in at peak times when they come home from work -
The technology must be there for a vehicle in the future to be charged by a huge dynamo - but how can they rip us off on feul taxas they do at the moment ?
 
You’re just stating lies as fact.

EVs over their lifetime are significantly better for the environment than ICE cars. It only takes about 15000 miles of driving for an EV to become more beneficial in terms of carbon emissions.

I don't lie when it's on national news they must be lying according to you ....
 
Polluting rivers in third world countries to get rid of the toxic battery acid - plus it in the future if everyone had an electric car how is going to be produced on that massive scale ?
EG everyone plugs in at peak times when they come home from work -
The technology must be there for a vehicle in the future to be charged by a huge dynamo - but how can they rip us off on feul taxas they do at the moment ?
It's a fair point this Joey. Indeed I think it was Brennan who made the point that air pollution (I.e. environmental pollution in a wider sense) is as important as worrying about carbon emissions.

Frankly just driving less and buying less is the future, not making more and more stuff.
 
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