No fuel.

[Harry Bloomfield]

I see that there is a proposal to limit home charging of electric vehicles to off-peak hours in order to avoid overloading the national electricity grid. If this is necessary now then what measures are going to be needed when electric vehicles become more popular?
https://www.driving.co.uk/news/environment/ev-chargers-switch-off-peak-times-blackouts/

They may find the queues for diesel and petrol at the moment amusing, but wait until there are more EV's on the road - then they will be queueing up permanently to charge or pushing.

 

[Android 07]

I think they would shįt themselves by the size of our roads.

I've noticed there seems to be alot of American nurses lately.

They do insane hours everyday over there.
Our employment packages are generous - we have fixed working hours and a 25 days holiday allowance. Over there, they get nothing.

 

[Android 07]

Everyone also needs to lease/buy sensible cars. There seems to be a SUV trend and those suckers are fuel hungry.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Everyone also needs to lease/buy sensible cars. There seems to be a SUV trend and those suckers are fuel hungry.

Fuel rationing coupons would sort that out

 

[Brigade77]

I'd buy an EV tommorrow if I thought it was a sensible long term choice. It isn't & I don't think it ever will be.

I did once consider converting my old Hilux to LPG, but the fact it ran perfectly well on veg oil put paid to that.

Now here's a thought . . . Why did they design out the ability to run a motor on veg oil ???

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I did once consider converting my old Hilux to LPG, but the fact it ran perfectly well on veg oil put paid to that.

Now here's a thought . . . Why did they design out the ability to run a motor on veg oil ???

I don't the ability was so 'designed out', as they designed better, more efficient injection systems.

 

[Notch7]

I finally managed to get some fuel, after visiting 25 garages over 3 occasions and using 100 miles worth of fuel.

Luckily my warning light came on only when I was queuing where they had fuel.

It’s surprisingly stressful…you join a queue not knowing if they have fuel, or if they have what you need or even whether they will run out.

 

[Notch7]

The guy at the next pump had 8 plastic cans he was filling up + his car, bill was over £140.

 

[JP_]

Everyone also needs to lease/buy sensible cars. There seems to be a SUV trend and those suckers are fuel hungry.

I agree. We have a Ford 1.0 EcoBoost, and a Hyundai i10, both £30 a year tax. I feel I am doing my bit. Can't afford electric until the price comes down a lot.

So many big cars & SUVs around these days, cars are getting bigger, they should be getting smaller!

 

[Brigade77]

I don't the ability was so 'designed out', as they designed better, more efficient injection systems.

Shall we do the math?

What's the ecological imprint of a vehicle that should last 20+yrs & runs on carbon neutral fuel, against a vehicle whose design life is 3yrs & nobody yet knows how to recycle the batteries.

In your own time please.

 

[JP_]

Shall we do the math?

What's the ecological imprint of a vehicle that should last 20+yrs & runs on carbon neutral fuel, against a vehicle whose design life is 3yrs & nobody yet knows how to recycle the batteries.

In your own time please.

And don't forget the damage lithium mining is doing. It is bad already, and will get much worse if we're all expected to have 540kg of batteries.

I am a green at heart, but really don't get the point of electric cars. Less pollution, but surely, they require more energy to run, as you need to generate the electricity once, then convert it to battery, before using, and that means wastage?

 

[Brigade77]

And don't forget the damage lithium mining is doing. It is bad already, and will get much worse if we're all expected to have 540kg of batteries.

I am a green at heart, but really don't get the point of electric cars. Less pollution, but surely, they require more energy to run, as you need to generate the electricity once, then convert it to battery, before using, and that means wastage?

I hear you. Sadly, the environMENTALists have all the soundbites. the sock puppets, the shills & most of the money to control the narrative.

I really don't give a flying fook how I get there, so long as I get there . . .

 

[fillyboy]

I know your one brain cell can’t work out that it’s the people panic buying that will create the shortage. If everybody carried on as normal and bought fuel as they normally would then everything would have run as normal.

Get yourself down to cornwall, all is good here.

Re-read my posts, I am in Cornwall you tw@t.

 

[Bodd]

Re-read my posts, I am in Cornwall you tw@t.

Really...... is there any need for that?

 

[John the plumber]

Re-read my posts, I am in Cornwall you tw@t.

Is fillyboy losing the plot and getting all aggressive.
Steady on wee man you will do yourself some damage