boneman
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Optimistic or naive?
I love the term renewables when referring to electricity power generation.
If our plan comes through with panels etc on the house I'd say neither. We'll be getting it free
Optimistic or naive?
I love the term renewables when referring to electricity power generation.
I would think that as renewable tech becomes more efficient that electricity would become cheaper. TBH If one could have a setup in the home that generates their own needs then charging your own car would essentially come to pence. At present 100% or our electric comes from renewables.
If you think driving a car is going to become cheaper you need to think again.
Ok, suggest where else the income could be drawn from.why? Because governments would refuse to lose the money? Why can it not become cheaper?
So why didn’t you do 50mph and save even more money?
why? Because governments would refuse to lose the money? Why can it not become cheaper?
So why not let everyone else make decent progress as is their want? The roads are still packed, people still go for drives in the country, and fuel isn’t actually all that expensive.I don’t particularly like being overtaken by lorries when they can just barely get past.
At 60 they get overtaken.
To be fair, at 60 on the M25 he's not holding anyone up if his lane discipline is OK. Anyone doing 70 or better has the third lane. I find there's a sweet spot, depending on traffic. Tomorrow morning I'll be on the M1 about 8, which is a bloody awful time on a bloody awful road. Somewhere between 65 and 70 is probably easiest. Go faster and you end up in the queue in Lane 3 doing 70-75 and there's always some ringpiece trying to crawl up your arse or overtake on the inside because you've left more than 6 inches between your front bumper and the back of the next car. Slower and you get snarled up with the trucks. Around 65 you spend most of the time in Lane 2, drop back into Lane 1 when possible between trucks, you get a bit of space and all the tossers leave you alone.So why not let everyone else make decent progress as is their want? The roads are still packed, people still go for drives in the country, and fuel isn’t actually all that expensive.
To be fair, at 60 on the M25 he's not holding anyone up if his lane discipline is OK. Anyone doing 70 or better has the third lane. I find there's a sweet spot, depending on traffic. Tomorrow morning I'll be on the M1 about 8, which is a bloody awful time on a bloody awful road. Somewhere between 65 and 70 is probably easiest. Go faster and you end up in the queue in Lane 3 doing 70-75 and there's always some ringpiece trying to crawl up your arse or overtake on the inside because you've left more than 6 inches between your front bumper and the back of the next car. Slower and you get snarled up with the trucks. Around 65 you spend most of the time in Lane 2, drop back into Lane 1 when possible between trucks, you get a bit of space and all the tossers leave you alone.
I'd never chip, either. For starters, the insurance premium for a chipped car is usually a lot higher than a car with the same BHP out of the factory. Something to do with algorithms /statistics that chipped cars are usually owned by *ahem* more enthusiastic drivers who tend to be more likely to make a claim.
Agree regarding the con and your thoughts elsewhere on this thread, the government will not let us save any money from owning an electric car.^^ same on the M40 / 42 / 6 yesterday. Traffic jams galore. Needed to fill up, 191.9 for E10 at Esso. Getting silly.
Read a Which review on EV’s. If you actually look at the cost per mile of public chargers, there’s really wasn’t much difference between electric and diesel. Home overnight cheap tariff was OK but good luck getting one of those. I’m coming to the conclusion the whole thing is a con.
Agree regarding the con and your thoughts elsewhere on this thread, the government will not let us save any money from owning an electric car.
There are plenty of things that get taxed and as time goes that 'thing' is no longer used and ceases to be a source of revenue. The reason for the high fuel taxes in my understanding is to try and push people to use public transport. We're meant to 'go green' with electric to save the environment and the current crop don't get taxed. Yes perhaps I'm naive but it really seems unfair to get everyone over to EVs and then say 'Oh, by the way now your all using EVs, we're going to switch the taxes we used to suck our of you on fuel to your EVs based on 'insert metric here'.Ok, suggest where else the income could be drawn from.
Edit to add: In 2019, (pre-pandemic) income from fuel duty was £28 billion with £16.4 billion (58.6 per cent) derived from the 32.9 million cars on the UK's roads at the time.
If fuel tax is supposed to push people into public transport then it needs to be much higher.
And public transport needs to be a) cheaper, b) more reliable and c) more accessible. I wonder what % of fuel tax goes towards improving/subsidising public transport? (I suspect it's the square root of bugger all).
And public transport needs to be a) cheaper, b) more reliable and c) more accessible.
And public transport needs to be a) cheaper, b) more reliable and c) more accessible. I wonder what % of fuel tax goes towards improving/subsidising public transport? (I suspect it's the square root of bugger all).