Plans To Ban Petrol & Diesel Vehicles By 2040.

[10ClarionSt]

This baffles me (not difficult, I hear you say!). There were reports earlier this year that the National Grid was down to the last 5% of reserve power at one stage during the winter, and they were struggling to meet demand for electricity. If that's the case now, how are they going to generate enough electricity for millions of battery powered cars? That's a massive demand on the National Grid that doesn't even exist just now.

[ChillDoubt]

Now's the time to get your kids and grandchildren into cycling!

[anotheoldgit]

One can even be murdered.

https://www.henrymakow.com/2013/11/Illuminati-Suppress-Water-Powered-Cars.html

[ToraToraTora]

illumunati! PMSL!

[ToraToraTora]

these water powered vehicles, did it involve heating the water to make steam by any chance?

[Baldric]

Explained here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40723581

[ChillDoubt]

Reminds me of Gridlock by Ben Elton, a book written on that very premise.

[Gromit]

// There were reports earlier this year that the National Grid was down to the last 5% of reserve power at one stage during the winter //

That would be during peak demand, when most people are awake or working. So you will not recharge your car during peak, you will do it overnight when demand is low and reserves are plentiful.

[baza]

So everyone charges their electric cars overnight, surely that would increase demand.
A bloke on the radio this morning suggested covering your car with windmills to generate electricity as you travel, not quite sure how you get started though.

[albaqwerty]

pedal power, Baza, surely?
a la Prof Pat Pending (wacky Races)

[baza]

The bloke did refer to Fred Flintstone during the interview.

[Ellipsis]

Park pointing downhill

[whiskeryron]

May I once again make it clear that the Lunatics are running the Asylum.

[albaqwerty]

good idea Ellipsis, much less strenuous :-)

[baza]

A couple of thoughts just came to me, if you live in a block of flats how long would the cable be to reach your car, and how big would the batteries be on a combine harvester.

[wendilla]

My son in law has just had his new company car .its a bmw and is both electric and petrol .,he can plug it in where he works . Brought it over to let me see it .as long as the fob is inside the car you just press the button . Also loads of other things just mind boggling to me . Wonder what more features will be invented for it in 20 years it will be well out of date . Will stick to my plain and simple Astra

[ToraToraTora]

fear not, Dr Emmet Brown reckons he can generate 1 point twentyone jiggawats of power from the contents of your Garbage, sorted!

[CrapAtCryptics]

Tesla are already well along with the longevity issue as they have models that can allegedly do 380 miles. They do, however, come with a hefty price tag. The latest model X checks in around £95,000. I`ve not actually seen how long the batteries last before needing replacement.

[Gromit]

// So everyone charges their electric cars overnight, surely that would increase demand. //

Yes of course it will increase demand, but generating capacity is not an issue in the middle of the night.

This stuff is going to happen, the technology is already here. It will take regulation to drive the market so that economy of scale will favour electric rather than petrol.

So in 20 years time people will not want to buy petrol because demand is so low that there will not be any petrol stations.

[ToraToraTora]

I'll wait for the flux capacitor gromit!

[mushroom25]

this decision does rather seem at odds with last week's policy of not electrifying the railways.....