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Meanwhile I could get to my in-laws:
- Walk - 25m
- Cycle - 9m
- Drive - 4m
- Use public transport - 16m
Walking feels too far. Cycling is hostile (I would, my other half and teenagers feel differently). It's London so there is great public transport. So we drive.
A bit of making driving less attractive and cycling less hostile and everyone wins.
- Walk - 25m
jellybaby-
Absolutely. There’s no reason why the vast majority of journeys in a city can’t be made by foot, bike or public transport.
When I lived in London I cycled into work 80% of the time and took public transport almost everywhere else.
But it’s not the case for millions of people in the UK and pretending that a tiny battery is going to save a polluting SUV with an ICE is a joke.
Soul
I don't think so.
As I said above, if we could teleport places then great, but we can't. Currently, if I want to visit my parents (23 miles away as the crow flies) I can:
^ Google maps figures.
I've sure I've had this conversation with you on this thread before - cars are bad, public transport is good. We agree. But unless public transport can offer a reasonable alternative to the car (outside of decent city infrastructure), people will continue to need cars well into the future.
I don't think it's fair to say that EVs are a con job. They are the [current] best mode of transport for lowering personal carbon emissions day to day for the vast majority of individuals in the UK, let alone places like the US with fucking terrible public transport.
PHEVs and Self Charging HEV market themselves as planet savers just as much as EVs do, and enjoy similar if not identical benefits to EVs in terms of tax whilst absolutely polluting more than EVs across their lifecycle. They are a con job in isolation and in comparison to EVs.