APPG 2030 Ban

Fair Fuel APPG for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers August 2021 Page | 58 I believe there’s still time for a rethink on this policy. And that is what this report is about. But soon it will be too late. Ministers set themselves up to stand condemned for forcing a politically motivated agenda on the entire country. The price for that failure will be seen economically, as travel and power costs rise. And they will be felt by families struggling to keep up with these policies, only to discover that, inevitably, a future administration has to abandon the 2030 target at great cost to those who have tried to make the switch. The ban on petrol and diesel vehicles is just another example of politicians trying to show a new devotion to a new environmental doctrine, with this great sacrifice again falling on the poorest in society - not the richest. It’s fine for the super-rich to buy their Tesla, but that’s not the case for the just-about-managing majority who elected the Conservative Government. It’s all happening this way because an eco-cult has replaced logical transport planning. The only thing that’s saving the Government from electoral harm on this matter is the fact that no other major party has had the courage to stand up to the climate fanatics and say: enough!!! Sooner or later the public will rebel against this madness. Better to have the rational debate now before we fully embark on a failed experiment. Craig Mackinlay MP. Chair APPG for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers I can but guess the response by the UK public as they watch new coal powered electricity stations proliferate across the growth economies of the world and with-it cheap energy while they huddle in the cold hoping for the promised output of heat pumps and pay off the loan of the BEV that they never really wanted.