Electric vehicles

[stuartu]

I spoke to a chap whose son worked for JCB.He told me that They JCB, had produced a completely electric digger and did a study on what impact producing it had on the environment.
He said that producing just the battery pack was equal to six years use of a diesel powered digger.

A week or two ago I read that a parliamentary committee had reached a similar conclusion, observing that electric vehicles were not the solution because their production produced pollution far outweighing any gains in the vehicles' foreseeable subsequent use.

What interested me was the report's offered solution, namely, the end of private vehicle ownership.
Buy shares in bus companies now...

Then I remembered my father's (DOB 1921) remark that "after I got a bicycle I never used public transport again and after I got a motorcycle I never used the bicycle again". Perhaps I'll hold back on buying the bus shares.

Regards,
Stuart