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Default Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040

On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 8:05:52 AM UTC-4, Ian Jackson wrote:
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and some still think the UK is going to leave the EU!
Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040
++++ Plans follow French commitment to take polluting vehicles off the road
owing to effect of poor air quality on people's health+++++
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...o-ban-sale-of-
all-diesel-and-petrol-cars-and-vans-from-2040

I'd love an electric car. Even with a present rather limited range of
(say) 100 to 120 miles, it would be ideal for the sort of mileage my
wife and I normally do each week.

However, if we all have use all-electric cars for all journeys, surely
the obvious problem is getting the 'fuel' into them. With petrol and
diesel, it takes typically a couple of minutes to put the fuel in, and
maybe five minutes to complete the whole business. Even if filling
stations can provide sufficient charging points, how long will it take
to fill up a typical vehicle? I guess it's a lot longer than five
minutes.

Of course, one advantage of electric vehicles is that we can fill them
at home. But how many houses can physically provide a charging point?
How many have at least a driveway? An awful lot of vehicles are parked
on the road - so will a lot on on-street charging points need to be
provided (like rows of parking meters)?

There's also the problem of supplying sufficient electrical power and
getting it to all the charging points. Where does it come from, and how
does it get from A to B? It has been suggested that there will be a
massive growth of local home generation (wind and solar), and this will
minimise the amount of National Grid and local distribution that's
required - but again, a lot of homes are not suitable.


And the sun doesn't shine when you need the charging the most, when
cars are parked for the night. But it also means that most charging
can be done when other demand from the grid is lower.





It will be interesting to find out how these problems are resolved.
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately!), I won't be around in 2040 to
find out.




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Ian


I'll let you know how it works out.
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