APPG 2030 Ban

Fair Fuel APPG for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers August 2021 Page | 60 The majority of UK power stations are powered by gas (which produces CO 2 and increases global warming) , and some coal, which is a non-renewable substance. The gas and coal is consumed to produce electricity, to provide the electrical energy required to charge increasing numbers of electric vehicles. The Government has utterly failed to adequately plan and construct enough future non-carbon fuel generation power stations, which will be required to provide additional electricity capacity, required by the introduction of electric vehicles; and also, the use of heat source pumps in industry and domestic homes, used to replace oil and gas fired boilers. Heat source pumps require electricity to operate!! Ian from Norw ich Diesel engines are cleaner now than they have ever been and the infrastructure for electric vehicles is not in place in this country for everybody to climb on board the electric car bandwagon. Also how is all this extra electricity going to be produced when the national grid is under pressure now. Chr is from Br ighton Engines today following Government guideline are cleaner now than they have ever been. We were encouraged to buy Diesel Vehicles above Petrol and now they want to Ban Petrol AND Diesel. This does not make any sense! Many Diesel Vehicles are now CLEANER to run than Petrol. I Tow a Caravan at least 4 times a year. How am I supposed to do that with an Electric Vehicle? It will now work unless I am willing to charge a Vehicle every FEW Miles. Richard from Seaham This is a highly complex issue, and it depends upon the way that car owners respond to the new situation and on what alternatives Government can offer. It is obviously highly undesirable to replace 40m petrol and diesel vehicles with the same number of EVs. Not to say impossible because of the lack of infrastructure. The cost of construction and extraction of raw materials would be catastrophic across the world. Especially unacceptable since cars are only used for less than 4% of their lives. So the real alternative is to move drivers away to other forms of transport and, where they have to use cars, to use shared vehicles. So, I would like to see a huge switch to Zipcar equivalents where one car can supply all the needs of 4, 5 or 6 households. Longer hire periods could be supplied by the normal car hire companies. Train + hire car could suffice for many family holidays. Shorter journeys need to be made by bike. Last mile deliveries need to be made by bike as well. Jon from Blackheath I don't think the Government have thought through the Impact on People on low incomes who rely on their car for whatever reason and would not get finance to replace this car or be able to cover the cost of having an electric point put in or the added cost of the electric Wi l l iam from New ton Abbot I think they are just trying to appease the green pressure (as they did do by letting the hypocritical Extinction Rebellion run amok, wrecking and defacing our towns) and that the UK is already doing what it can in keeping greenhouse gases down and in encouraging recycling. They have given no regard to people on low incomes (many who rely on their cars for employment), who cannot possibly afford electric cars. I also fail to see how electric cars are going to make a positive difference at all, when it is a known fact that the production and disposal of the batteries are set to do even more damage to the environment. If they wish to reduce emissions, they should do as they said years ago (then did nothing), and immediately remove all uninsured / untaxed vehicles from our roads. That would make a huge impact on air pollution and the freeing up of road space and would only affect people who should not be driving their vehicles in the first place, instead of unfairly holding hard-working, law-abiding citizens to ransom. I think the government need to put themselves in other's shoes and think realistically. We are not all on healthy wages and cannot just choose to splash out on new vehicles. I have never even owned a brand-new car; always having to buy used cars. Even this option would no longer be available to me, as petrol cars become non-existent. Kathryn from Ammanford Residual waste disposal of battery vehicles. Increased danger of spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles. Extra pollution from manufacture of batteries and generation of additional power station output needed for charging infrastructure. Alan from Lichfield