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Old 03-08-2017, 10:40   #261
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Re: Petrol & diesel vehicles ban.

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Originally Posted by Osem View Post
It's the infrastructure which is the problem unlike a petrol station which from a very small site can refuel hundreds of vehicles fully and within a few minutes. We're going to need to install sufficient on road charge points at every address which doesn't have space for their own, not to mention workplaces, public buildings etc. That's going to be massively costly and take years. It's that investment in time and money which risks being undermined or rendered needless by possible advances in alternative technology in the meantime. As I said, getting stuff installed in the ground is what takes the time and costs all the money to build and maintain. Who's going to pay for that unless there's a decent return on the investment? Either we pay through taxes or the prices we pay for our electricity or probably both. Either way, the carrot of cheap car charging is a convenient illusion for those who're forcing change. They also have to replace all the tax derived from fuel sales from somewhere else - guess where...
i think investors will be nervous to put new infrastructure in place in case it is superseded by another technology rendering their investment void ,chances are nothing will happen and when the day comes we will just drop off a cliff edge and transport will grind to a halt
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