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Buy an ICE. I wouldn't touch an EV.

It does. My pond has an underwater pump which circulates water out through a filter and back in via a fountain. Usually, the rain tops it up for me. Occasionally, especially in hot weather it does need topping up, but I just run water from the nearby hose for ten minutes or so.

LOL!

I should point out first that this is of no real personal interest to me. However, I think it is quite commonplace for new governments to make promises which, possibly due to matters outside of their control, never come into practice during their tenure. I suspect that this new Labour...

Yes, I have heard about Decking Spiders. Highly dangerous things and have a bite which could be fatal... to a fly.

Sorry to hear that. Marge and I are still very close despite our not having any children, though I think she'd like to have had one or two.

Children, grandchildren or great grandchildren have I none. Had I had any, I wouldn't still be here in this country which is showing every sign of further failure under Labour!

It is worrying to hear how our leaders, whether national or local government, are running things today. Running things into the ground, I'd say. Still, if that's what the majority want, OK. I'm 72 in a few days, so I tend not to worry too much about the future. A shame for the younger people...

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Oh, my sincere apologies for my stupid question. I shall remove myself and live in a cave in the mountains. Of course, if they did, wouldn't that be rather embarrassing?

Encouraging, but who knows what this Labour government might do? Can they actually ban ICE engines?

No problem. We have just bought a new Skoda Fabia. An excellent car which, I hope, will keep us happy for many more years. If the new 'government' (for want of a better word!) does begin to punish motorists by bringing forward 'the deadline' to 2030, we'll either get a new one of the same or...

Yes, I had heard that the initial interest in EVs has reduced lately. I think I might have also mentioned earlier that uptake of them might also drop when the government decides to impose 'road tax' (yes I know they don't call it that now) on EVs and possibly also to reduce any other benefits...

Very interesting. I wasn't aware of much of this, especially that even the USA agreed and adopted this definition. I also see it as beneficial to us all, as until I heard this I assumed that measurements of length on both sides of the Atlantic were noticeably different! Measurements and...

Yes, of course I meant 2040. I shouldn't post when I'm in a rush. However, I do hope still to be here in 2028/9 so that I can say, "I told you so!"

I don't know how long this thread is going to continue, but at my age I probably won't be here in 2024. However, I'm happy that I shall be able to keep (and hopefully drive) an ICE car for the rest of my life. If anyone does happen to keep the thread going, and looks in here in 2024, I hope they...

Well, you are at perfect liberty to pour scorn if you wish. May I ask you a simple question? In which year do you expect the government (whoever they are) to ban the sale of ICE cars? 2035? 2030? Sooner?

Absolutely. Actually, I don't see any point in trying to persuade people who have decided beyond any question that they are correct. Let them all buy electric milk floats, stop using fossil fuels including gas for domestic heating, watch whilst windmills fail to produce all the electricity they...

Are we? And were we responsible for the climate change at the last Ice Age? No. Climate change is natural and has been going on well before humans even existed.

I wouldn't expect tadpoles now, although of course I may be wrong. Our frogs produced piles of frogspawn a several weeks ago, which miraculously turned into thousands of minuscule tadpoles which, in turn, have now disappeared. I'm sure that many of them (those which survived the goldfish) will...