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Do you dispute this, or are you just being argumentative for fun? Do you really believe that the three-abreast lycra-clad cyclists who annoy the hell out of Mr Toad are cycling because it's their primary mode if transport?

The VED is linked to emissions. It may not be equitable, accurate or to your liking, but that's the way it is. I have no doubt that you knew this already.

They're not polluting.

Agreed, and also, let's not forget that the vast majority of cyclists who annoy drivers do pay VED, as they own a car that they've left at home.

Useful when your pet killer whale has constipation, I believe.

Or half a revolution, as my father was fond of pointing out. A full revolution gets you back to where you started.

Not quite sure how you think the hydrogen would be produced in the vehicle, without electricity (batteries again), or fossil fuels, which are what we're supposed to be avoiding. If you have any links, I'd be interested to read further.

When I was a lad, an acquaintance of mine dyed his hair green, shaved a "reverse mohican" and affixed a tiny lawnmower to his head, and that was his art college exam submission. To be honest, I never saw this, just heard about it.

Not so secret...

What happened to the real moderators? When did ChatGPT take over?

Great! I can't wait to get some of my money back from all those poor people I've been subsidising for years!

What about all the houses that didn't have indoor bathrooms? Things change...

This is terrible, if true, but it doesn't make electric cars bad. There's no intrinsic property of cobalt that is destroyed if not mined by children in horrendous conditions. Or is there? Maybe I've missed something.

The thing is that even the worst newspaper in the country has to be a bit careful about publishing outright lies, because they can be sued. Mr and Mrs Facebook-Twitter post something blatantly incorrect, and it's half way round the world before they've taken their finger off the touchscreen.

Whatever you may think, I'd much rather believe the BBC than some random person on Facebook or Twitter/X. Or someone on a woodworking forum, for that matter. I have been saddened to see so much drivel spouted on these forums in the last few years. Yes, some of it by me, I expect..

I seem to remember my father talking about waterglass(sodium silicate) for bonding glass, but there are probably better solution available these days.

I agree that (distributed)nuclear could be a good option, and yes, I did know what the G stood for. Does the S in RogerS stand for sarcastic, by any chance?

That's not a shed. That should be in the "show us your palace" thread.🤢

I know it's a joke, but he didn't start out deaf, did he?

Galvanised? Keep away from the apple sauce...