tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post3462660218689044737..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Supporting families to go greenChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-64548456885953036282021-04-01T00:31:05.741+01:002021-04-01T00:31:05.741+01:00Not sure that subsidising electric cars is the bes...Not sure that subsidising electric cars is the best way to spend money on going greener for exactly the reasons you say.<br /><br />Though the costs are likely to fall dramatically as the volume ramps up when diesel and petrol are phased out.<br /><br />However, you do have a point on the need for plenty of reliable charging points (not vulnerable to icing up) if there is to be any chance of making the change to electric cars work.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-20439966447489389632021-03-26T05:42:22.130+00:002021-03-26T05:42:22.130+00:00A strange time to be announcing green policys, la...A strange time to be announcing green policys, last week the government cut the electric car grant from £3000 to £2500, but then cut it completely to an EV costing over £35,000 which is pretty much all of them (even the nissan LEAF).<br /><br />Personally I belive that grants artificially hold prices higher than they would otherwise be. If something costs £10,000 and the government introduce a £1,000 grant from taxpayer funds, almost instantly said item costs £11,000. Its just strange to cut their "help" policy and then start looking for green policys.<br /><br />the other one of course on heating and helping "households enjoy warmer homes that are cheaper to heat and emit fewer emissions" well, a battery for a solar power system, so you can generate though the day and use said power to heat home at night attracts VAT at 20%, but if you use dirty coal or gas to do so then that attacts VAT at 5%.<br /><br /><br />there are all sorts of policys trying to show green initiatives, but none of them are tied together, there is no joined up thinking at all. Last month I wrote to my MP about the new travelodge at Workington, How is a brand new hotel and car park being built without a single EV charger. The council replied about "multiple points available at the council office 50m away, these are 2 destinations and one rapid, both of which were ICED on all 3 of the occasions I went to see.<br /><br /> Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com