It’s up against stiff competition, but the race for electric cars could be our leaders’ maddest green mania yet, writes

[rangerrebew]

It’s up against stiff competition, but the race for electric cars could be our leaders’ maddest green mania yet, writes 
August 24, 2017
 

By Paul Homewood
 

The National Grid is warning us that if you are charging your electric car at home with a high-speed charger you won’t be able to boil an electric kettle at the same time, because it could blow your fuse box.

They add that you could get round this if you use a standard charger — but then it could take 19 hours to charge your car fully.

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[Smokin Joe]

A bit more of the article, which cuts to the chase.

It was always make-believe that electric cars saved anything like the amount of CO2 claimed for them, not just because most of their electricity came from fossil fuels, but because so much more CO2 is emitted in the process of making them in the first place.

But now we are faced with the biggest fantasy of all, that we can all be forced to give up cars powered by petrol and diesel, which are the most efficient, user-friendly form of personal transport ever devised — to rely instead on electric cars for which there will often be no electricity.

This is one of the craziest single green ideas — among a vast number — that those who rule over us have had. An idea that could lead to a national catastrophe — which we can only hope will somehow be prevented from happening.

Keep in mind that the MPs, Ministers, and others will continue to have transport, even if they have to use those nasty petrol-powered vehicles.

[Oceander]

A bit more of the article, which cuts to the chase.

Keep in mind that the MPs, Ministers, and others will continue to have transport, even if they have to use those nasty petrol-powered vehicles.

The rest of us will still have shank's mare!

[Smokin Joe]

The rest of us will still have shank's mare!

I think that will depend. You see, some people have shorter legs than others, and having a longer stride is just, well, unfair. No one should get farther for a single step than anyone else. To be fair, citizen, if you have longer legs you will be required to wear hobbles to reduce your stride to the government approved standard minimum stride. Those convicted of walking without hobbles and overstriding will have their legs shortened, surgically, at their expense. It's only fair.

(Yep, I'm being sarcastic again, but that's how they think.)