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Originally Posted by Osem
Correct, they'll let us believe how cheap it's going to be and then when it's done we're all totally dependent on electric vehicles the prices will rise and people will wake up to the reality that they have no choice. It's not like the electricity companies are everybody's favourites either is it but I dare say we'll get a whole load of assurances about how well they'll be regulated and how well the 'market' will work blah blah blah...
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Well we've been 'totally dependent' on fuel based cars up until now. It's not as if fuel can't further rocket in price as oil supplies become harder to extract and instability in the middle east restricts supply.
You can generate equivalent levels of energy cheaper than the fuel you get at the pump. Electricity is the just the medium that allows it's transport. The key is getting the energy generated in the first place and we have more than enough notice to work on it - something we should be doing anyway given how crucial energy supply is just as a national security issue.
I didn't think there would be much support for nationalising the energy companies on here given how much even regulating their prices was view with absolute horror on here when Red Ed suggested it but maybe that is a way to make it cheaper?