Mundane Moments

Hooray for Rishi!

If he brings back EOTHO I propose a statue.

Sometimes the lies of politicians can be breathtaking. Sunak talks of this being for the long-term good not short term political gain, when in fact it's the complete opposite. He should be ashamed. Hope his children and grandchildren never forgive him.

Desperate little Rishi has out-Borised Boris and is vying with Cameron for the most twattish Tory ever. And it says something when Liz Truss can’t even get into the top three political fucktoids.

On the whole EV thing, I am still to hear how people in big cities without a drive who park their car on the street are going to charge them.

Whenever this question is aksed (which isn't often as doesn't suit the EV narrative) it is never answered .

I agree and have said on here before if the climate thing is heading for Armageddon then the world needs to regress 100-150 years when people's 'world" was capped at the distance they could walk or cycle.

And I think that a majority would likely vote for Armageddon rather than that curtailment.

Agree. But it's the government's job to take tough decisions that are sometimes unpopular, because that's the right thing for everybody whether we all understand that or not. The idea that we can somehow save the planet without experiencing some discomfort or inconvenience is laughable.

I suppose the most obvious answer is that we will have to rely on and belief that public infrastructure, technology and the capability to successfully and efficiently deliver required affordable electrons on demand to a general public in the same way that diesel and petrol is now, ie dedicated rapid charge stations at every supermarket where the fuel forecourt once was etc being in place by 2030 or whatever it is. Plenty of time.

No they don't. I was specifically answering, glibly, the how do you charge your BEV if you live with public road parking.

I wasn't pretending it is especially useful.

Practically speaking, one answer to your question is probably shared ownership / club models. Gas stations and parking lots as they exist today become pick up and drop off depots for those times when you need a car. But the real answer is one that many probably won't like, because it's "tough shit". If you can't charge your car, don't have one sitting outside your house for hours or days on end serving no purpose except to clog up everyone else's streets for your personal convenience. You live in a city, walk and take transit. If you live your life in such a way as to actually require a car, go live somewhere that it's possible to do so.

Like many/most, you're looking at things the wrong way. It isn't a case of "how can this new technology be adopted in such a way as to allow me to continue living my life in exactly the same way as I do currently without making any changes or in any way being inconvenienced?', it's "what changes am I going to have to make to my life in order to leave a world that's habitable for my children?"