They realise we are so dependant on oil and it's byproducts that unlike many addictions we cannot just stop without collapsing so much we have spent decades building. The changes needed are much deeper than what many seem to think and will require a total change in lifestyle that will need to end the throwaway society and economies dependant on materialism.
That seems to be your position not mine.
So the choice is to begin controlled change of our societies and cultures, or wait until uncontrolled change is forced upon us by one or more of the consequences of our current system. I prefer the adult version myself.
You've got it! Well done!
And get a car to the station and a car from the station. A study some years ago worked out that if all the nation's longer distance freight was moved by rail 93% of trucks on the road would still be on the road getting the goods to and from stations.
They are called "taxis" Don't you have them in Cornwall?
Probably not true. But if true then a good idea because low cost/range/tech EVs would do the job.
Yes agreed. Average weekly mileage in the UK has steadily been going down. The last figure I read was just 142 miles per week.
I have considerable doubts about trams/trolleybuses being the answer.Not because they don't work but because of the reality of city life;what happens when the road is being dug up?At the very minimum it means that a stretch of the route can't be used and while it may be feasible to station a tram at either end of the disruption,there will be a zone with no transport.I also wonder about high voltage cables above busy streets.Do they disrupt mobile phone signals?What kind of an impediment are they when the fire brigade comes along to dunk an overheating car in the mobile water tank that our Dutch friends have found to be so effective?I don't see a HIAB arm and a power line coexisting in some busy areas.
Public transport is nigh non existent and taxis unreliable.
They are already using them.
Busses and more flexible. If it wasn’t for all the cars getting in the way dedicated bus lanes through our cities would be a great solution
I understand that, but not everyone lives in a large town/city. I never have, and never, ever, will… Public transport in our area comprises the railway, essentially to London and back, and its very rare for me to go there.
Agreed, I think for the vast majority of motorists an EV is a practical proposition. Some though will still have doubts about the rare occasions when they do make longer journeys. The number of public chargers is going up though and charging times are coming down. It’s just the price gouging of some companies that spoils things. They need to be careful though because Tesla are talking about installing large underground batteries for some of their network which means they can store energy at night when the electricity is cheaper and then offer it to their customers at a more competitive rate. There is talk of 500 and 600 mile range batteries in the near future but I doubt many motorists will be prepared to pay the extra cost and they simply don’t need it most of the time.
Perhaps this is the answer https://beta.slowways.org/user/waylist/verify-me-routes/9815
Not only is there consensus in the scientific community but there is consensus in the UN. Even the Koch brothers (deniers) hired some denying scientists to review the data and had to be informed, "it's real". The only people who don't believe either lack scientific ability or prefer to think that "it cannot be real". If you really don't want to believe the earth is round you can still believe in a flat earth, but it is akin to a religious belief not anything based on science.
In the USA the Ford company bought them up and closed them down, in the UK the oil industry used finance to close them. This is not a level playing field, the planet haters have more money.
'Little inconvenience" ? That's crazy. How about enough charging points across the country for those without private drives ? I don't call that 'little inconvenience".
