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No more new cars or vans in 9 years

vantage

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Pembs
An Electric motor in a prime mover will pull at least as well theve got the potential for huge torque.

Why not learn about stuff instead prejudice?
I’m sure anyone with a small interest in mechanical engineering or physics will be well aware of the huge torque from start of electric motors. The problems are more battery, charge and range of travel.
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
I’m sure anyone with a small interest in mechanical engineering or physics will be well aware of the huge torque from start of electric motors. The problems are more battery, charge and range of travel.
Development is all that's needed like steam boiller s got forward to internal cylinder combustion.
When an issue is forced or pushed in some way answers come , like engineering and other developments during the WW etc wars .
 

H200GT

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Location
NORTH WALES
I wouldn’t worry about it now, without a huge leap in battery and charging technology, a dozen new power stations and millions of charing points being installed, electric cars it won’t happen.

Hybrids on the other hand can work, but at the moment they are a complete waste of money as most are so inefficient. Plenty of diesel cars have been about for years that can do up to 60mpg, as far as i am aware most petrol electric hybrids are only now just touching that. By the time you offset the carbon footprint of manufacturing the battery, diesel has to be better in my view
 

steveR

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Mixed Farmer
I wouldn’t worry about it now, without a huge leap in battery and charging technology, a dozen new power stations and millions of charing points being installed, electric cars it won’t happen.

Hybrids on the other hand can work, but at the moment they are a complete waste of money as most are so inefficient. Plenty of diesel cars have been about for years that can do up to 60mpg, as far as i am aware most petrol electric hybrids are only now just touching that. By the time you offset the carbon footprint of manufacturing the battery, diesel has to be better in my view

No arguments with what you say, but do remember you (and most of us here) don't live in London or Bristol or wherever, where the push for this is coming from.
 

GeorgeK

Member
Location
Leicestershire
Government pledges for the longer term mean nothing. They have no intention of meeting them, just sounds good and removes pressure to bring about the unpopular changes that need to happen right here, right now. It's not rocket science, buy less, travel less, make do and mend, but all this rubbish we don't need is called 'high living standards' and without it the economy would collapse
 

Bury the Trash

Member
Mixed Farmer
I wouldn’t worry about it now, without a huge leap in battery and charging technology, a dozen new power stations and millions of charing points being installed, electric cars it won’t happen.

Hybrids on the other hand can work, but at the moment they are a complete waste of money as most are so inefficient. Plenty of diesel cars have been about for years that can do up to 60mpg, as far as i am aware most petrol electric hybrids are only now just touching that. By the time you offset the carbon footprint of manufacturing the battery, diesel has to be better in my view
There is a fudgeing great big new power station being built actually, at Hinkley Point.
 

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

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