Well lucky you. You obviously live and work in some sort of OCD heaven, however the real world I and many others inhabit isn't that neat and tidy.After all if you choose to travel to a job that far away on the same day that you are meant to start then that shows a lack of forethought by you. I used to cover 3k a week as a contractor working in data centres and would always plan to be where i was needed at the normally accepted start of the working day even if it meant traveling there the day before.
Now who's showing their ignorance? Any tradesman here would be able to tell you that you don't unload your van when you get to a distant job - your van is an office, a material carrier, a mobile tool vault, and often a mobile workshop, too. It would probably take me a.n hour or more to unload my van (and to repack it at the end of day) only to discover that there is nowhere secure to store my kit on site, so it's a preposterous idea. We are often working in places which are a long way from any infrastructure with booger all public transport. And in any case leaving a van with tools in it where it can't be monitored is an open invitation to every thieving scrote in the locality.As you will be on site all day, find someone close and leave the van there once you unload (just takes a litlle planning).
Well lucky you. You obviously live and work in some sort of OCD heaven, however the real world I and many others inhabit isn't that neat and tidy.
For example, go to do a joist repair as described by a building surveyor and what is estimated as a 4 hour task might turn into a far longer job involving many more tools than was originally envisaged and taking a lot longer. The job might come in as an emergency late in the afternoon or in a week when the contractor doesn't have anyone local with the required certification (e.g. IPAF, PASMA, confined spaces, harness, SMSTS, etc) so has to bring in an outsider. Buildings can be extremely complex and there is often a public safety element in the long trips I and some of my colleagues undertake - so your "lack of forethought" is no such thing. Unfortunately the world doesn't run to a nice well defined timetable, but TBH I don't expect IT people to understand that
Now who's showing their ignorance? Any tradesman here would be able to tell you that you don't unload your van when you get to a distant job - your van is an office, a material carrier, a mobile tool vault, and often a mobile workshop, too. It would probably take me a.n hour or more to unload my van (and to repack it at the end of day) only to discover that there is nowhere secure to store my kit on site,a preposterous idea. You are often in places where you are a long way from any infrastructure with bag all public transport. And in any case leaving a van with tools in it is an open invitation to every thieving scrote in the locality.
Granted, things need to change, but as I stated earlier we are a very long way off and whilst the scenario I illustrated earlier is theoretically feasible, in the real world, the now world, it is highly likely to leave the poor tradesman high and dry somewhere or other
no it aint, if it was you would know. Things change guys - adapt improvise and overcome or die by the wayside.Sadly it's people like Droogs who make the rules we all will have to live by.
No it isn't, it's all of us who have the vote.Sadly it's people like Droogs who make the rules we all will have to live by.
No it isn't, it's all of us who have the vote.
I wonder with all the negative comments about EV here, what those who make the comments have as an alternative solution, to the action needed to avert the climate emergency? I suspect that it is to look to the people "who make the rules we live by" to find a solution that lets them get on with life without making any changes and somebody else has to alter their behavior. At least 10 times a day various supermarket and mail order delivery vans come to our street of about 30 homes, none of the vans are electric, there is masive scope for electric vans which would make a massive difference to CO2 reduction.
You are correct in your statement, but unfortunately the overall average distance you quote is incomplete, which most people fall foul of as a figure.no they wont the average daily distance travel by a non HGV vehicles in the UK is 23 miles and only whole only 14% do more than 42, so no need to charge every day. Most will charge at home as cheaper and easier than going to a rapid charger. If you have an EV you can join CoCharge, which is an app to link EV drivers with home charger owners who will allow you to use their chargers for a small aditional fee on top of the electricity you take from their house and still cheaper than a rapid charger. As you will be on site all day, find someone close and leave the van there once you unload (just takes a litlle planning). This is the way its going and no matter how much people bleat about it they will still have to change their way of doing things. Just as with the use of language and with what is socially acceptable.
Average miles driven | 2017 | 2018 |
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0-5,000 | 32% | 35% |
5,001-10,000 | 36% | 33% |
>10,001 | 23% | 22% |
I had a delivery from DPD the other day and the driver had an electric van. I asked him what he thought of it and he said he absolutely loved it. Better performance than his old diesel and much easier to drive with no gears. Much less stressful, just get in and press the accelerator. No range problems, delivering all day around the Bournemouth area.At least 10 times a day various supermarket and mail order delivery vans come to our street, of about 30 homes, none of the vans are electric, there is massive scope for electric vans which would make a substantial CO2 reduction. All new Cabs are electric and they are still in business.
I had a delivery from DPD the other day and the driver had an electric van. I asked him what he thought of it and he said he absolutely loved it. Better performance than his old diesel and much easier to drive with no gears. Much less stressful, just get in and press the accelerator. No range problems, delivering all day around the Bournemouth area.
Companies like Amazon and UPS are making massive investments in EVs, and electric buses are close to being on our streets in large numbers.
All new Cabs are electric and they are still in business.
I'm afraid that I can't believe that faced with all the evidence that there is an acute emergency, even people who claim there is no climate emergency actually believe what they say. I'm sure they are just being provocative, to wind up those of us they describe as Woke. (Odd word, passed tense of to wake up, in other words: to be aware.)Depends I guess if you think there is a climate emergency.
I'm afraid that I can't believe that faced with all the evidence that there is an acute emergency, even people who claim there is no climate emergency actually believe what they say. I'm sure they are just being provocative, to wind up those of us they describe as Woke. (Odd word, passed tense of to wake up, in other words: to be aware.)
I think that sums it up very well. Many of us are not against EV in principle but we don't think the vehicles and the infrastructure are good enough yet. When things improve many more people will be happy and able to make the change, but until then it would be folly to force the change on everyone. Actually there should be no need to force the change on anyone; if and when EVs become better than existing alternatives people will change without being forced to. Anyone who thinks it is OK to force this change on people should at least consider why it is so unattractive to so many.I am not against EV in any way, and as soon as the above is reasonably achievable, I will willingly and gladly jump to the EV over the ICE polluter, juat not yet.
How many lives could be saved due to respiratory problems caused by car fumes and cancers by carcinogenic particles? Is it a price worth paying?
Why don't they standardise batteries and make them interchangeable at petrol stations?
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