Motorhome fuel

they will outlast me ,so I don't see it as a problem 

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on which way you look at it ) we're in the same boat as Huskydog.  I'm not worrying about it.  We've already invested in a motorhome, in fact, have changed a few times in the past, so overall have spent a fair amount on them looking back.  It's what we like, we've enjoyed over 18 years of motorhoming, and more than that tenting and caravanning before that.

Looking forward to many more years of it, and if we want a change, we will go for it.  There are no pockets in shrouds.

That makes 3 of us. I’ll expire before the supply of diesel does.

At present there is no viable alternative to the diesel powered MH so, if you want one, go for it. The other choice is simply not to buy a MH. 

Heard  on  TV News  today  some  "Ecology  Group"  is  rabbiting  on  about  NEW BUILD  properties  being  banned  from  using  GAS  !!  All  electric  cooking,  central  heating  from  the  ground heat  transfer  systems  and  so  on  and  so  forth.  I'm  just  wondering  what  great  Ideas  they'll  have  for  Caravans  &  Motor  homes  ??  Solar  powered  drills  for  tapping  into  this  miracle  heat  source  could  make  Club  Sites  a  potholers  delight  ??

We are just in the process of buying a new one. However, given our age and the cost, it will probably be the only one we ever have. Therefore like others I don't see it as a problem. At worst there may be some restrictions on where we can take it, thinking in terms of towns / cities.

New diesel cars will not be sold after 2040 according to the Government. No indication what will happen to existing diesel vehicles but from the information we have is that you can carry on using them to a currently undefined time in the future. However this use is likely to be restricted in inner city areas, probably sooner rather than later. Whilst the public have a fair choice of electric or hybrid vehicles at the moment that choice does not exist for vans suitable for conversion to motorhomes so there is a lot of catching up to do. In the scheme of things motorhomes are small fry compared to the vans used by all sorts of businesses so I would have thought any new motorhome purchased now will have a life of at least 20 years if not longer. 

I suspect the greater danger for us motorhomers will be where we can use them. As I mentioned above I think we will see and increasing use of LEZ's in and around major towns and cities which will either restrict where we can use them or cost us money to cross through them.

David

There's a programme on TV tonight about elderly drivers. By 2040, I shall certainly fall into that category, being by then well into my nineties, assuming I haven't already fallen off my perch. I don't think I'll waste my remaining time reading the small print on this issue.

Some  time  ago  I  heard  that  Cambridge  Council  was  intending  to  ban  all  Diesel  vehicles  from  the  city  centre  then  the  local  bus  services  asked  them  if  they  were  going  to  replace  the  existing  'buses  for  them  !!

Like  CY  I  will  be  getting  ready  for  the  missive  from  The  Monarch  by  then,  so  might  well  have  moved  the  'van  onto  axle  stands  in  the  garden  so  I  can  go  outside  and  pretend,  always  assuming  I  can  get  up  that  high  still  .

Whilst the public have a fair choice of electric or hybrid vehicles at the moment that choice does not exist for vans suitable for conversion to motorhomes

Whilst you are correct in that there is little choice, there are already pure electric motorhomes you can buy, one of them was featured in MMM this month...

https://www.hillsideleisure.co.uk/campervan-range/the-dalbury/

https://www.curbed.com/2018/12/14/18141140/electric-rv-for-sale-camper-motorhome-iridium

And a PHEV Transit ripe for conversion coming soon...

https://www.ford.co.uk/future-vehicles/new-transit-custom-phev

Change is coming far faster than a lot of people realise.  I drive a pure EV van in work and regard it as "old hat" now....

At present our motorhome has held it's value reasonably well but we've realised we're probably on a losing wicket with it if we hang on to it. However this is what we've decided to do at present although if there are restrictions on movement, fuel hikes etc we'll have a re-think. It's not so much that we won't be around it will be further restrictions that will probably affect us. 

We have an EV car and an old MGB. So we've got a bit of everything but owning the EV has been a good experience. There are some electric campervans out there but they're not our thing, a bit too small and limited. I think they will be popular with some as the prices come down.