RE: time is running out24 Apr 2019 11:14
4 billion people still do not have a regular electricity supply. The cost of upgrading supplies in some third world countries to cope with the extra demand (including the UK) would be vast. Not all of the infrastructure is compatible, range is still an issue not to mention the purchase price. I own 2 EVs, both are charged from PV panels and can speak from experience, the industry has got to go a long way in development before it puts the combustion engine under any pressure.
Simple solution to promote EVs in the UK is to make cities EVs only. Instead they impose so called congestion charges that do nothing for the environment but raise huge funds for the minority to squander.
Not denying petrol and diesel vehicles damage the environment but that is only one part of the solution. It's fine to criticise as we open our well stocked fridges brought in from China and open a bottle of beer brewed in Belgium and think about throwing out the over ripened strawberries we never got round to eating.
O dear, I feel the need to chain myself to a train as I fly my drone over Heathrow. Unbelievable hypocrisy.