30-04-2022, 09:09 AM
It really warrants a separate topic, but the notion that the modern world can function in an acceptable way without i.c vehicles is nonsense. Over the decades I ran low on fuel on a couple of journies. It was near divorce and would have been if had run out. With an ev near every journey in that category, with the added stress of a wait for and slow recharge. Current very free use will have to be reduced to more as the 1950s. Some sort of light weight modest sized, low powered car built and legislatively encouraged for long service and with parts available for decades would prove very competitive when whole world whole of life CO2 considered. Local CO2 is not the issue. Recently reported here a 1970s Toyota with 2 million km and very few replacements! it has avoided 5 or 6 scrappings and replacements and transport here and no regular energy and CO2 expensive giant battery repalcements.