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Daughter and son in law have an electric car and a Hybrid. The electric one is used locally and has a battery charge to cover 200 miles. They charge it in their garage at the moment from the domestic supply. However a proper charging point is being put in next week. The charge is not costing much compared with the cost of petrol. The hybrid is used on long journeys.
Son’s wife also has a hybrid.

The Greenham Common peace camp didn't win neither did the anti nuclear protesters and neither will the eco warriors won't either.

They probably use their vehicles then smugly tell their friends that they were there at the protest.

Surely they use public transport or electric bikes or walk. A number of other ways to

get from A to B without buying /renting a car.

Electric cars will be part of the throwaway culture unless they drastically drop the cost of a new battery.

Anyway, none of this explains how the eco mob get to their protests.

Shhhh, LaGooner, you're not supposed to ask that!!

It's a bit like the publicity over slug pellets being banned, alongside the quiet introduction of bee-killing pesticides. :-| :-|

Good question LG.

And how are they going to dispose of the toxic dead lithium batteries

So those of us that live out in the sticks have no chance then!

They had some charger points installed in the car park of the local Tesco 'superstore'.

After the third electricity failure in the store, they cordoned off the charging points, so no-one could use them! :-D :-D

As for log-burners, modern ones are more eco-friendly, and wood is carbon-neutral.

No engines to go wrong but did you see this on the cost of replacing a battery on a Mercedes Hybrid! It cost more than the car was worth. I just hope the batteries are not easy to steal.

https://garagewire.co.uk/news/must-read/mercedes-owner-horrified-at-15k-cost-of-new-hybrid-battery/.

Also if people are charging cars at the roadside, what is to stop someone else parking next to you during the night and plugging the cable into their car to charge it while you are asleep? I would think as batteries get older they would be less efficient and the distance you could travel would become less before they need recharging.

Did you also see that one log burner in your home emits more pollution in a year than 14 lorries! They are studying this in several area near where I live, but no-one seems to bother about that.

I've recorded the programme but not watched it yet, but although EVs are a good idea I think rushing them in before the infastructure is in place will turn people againsr them.

We have ordered another diesel car in the hopes it will last till they price such cars off the road and have put enough charging points everywhere. Keeping moving, a Hybrid is a better bet at the moment as you say Andysmum. Journeys mean much more careful planning with delays for charging otherwise.

There was a very interesting programme on Wednesday night on Channel 5 called "Should I buy an electric car?"

They are very expensive to buy and as yet there are few 2nd hand ones. They are not so good for long journeys because of the worry of getting re-charged, but quite a lot of people in London have them for mostly city driving. The cost is not as high as you think, because there are no engines to service or go wrong.

City dwellers are charging at home, and there is one local authority which has put mini channels across the pavements for the charging cable, so that people can't trip over it.

Personally, I would buy a hybrid car, then there is no problem about recharging. :-)

Oh my, no way???? Thats awful!!

Who would want an electric car. Story last week from the Isle of Wight. The 3 council run charge points were hacked to show porn!

Names, dont get me started. I want to know how it gets to a real disaster before any police action is taken?You are right though, how do they travel?

Im sick to death of hearing them bleating on. I mean who is going to buy an electric car now the price of electric has gone up? Fuel like petrol & diesel fluctuates but electricity never comes down!

Hmm. Whatever it is made from would upset one group or another.

magic carpet ?

It has been puzzling me a while. How do they travel to the protest sites?