Charging electric cars on Club sites.

cariadon replied on 19/12/2017 12:02

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Posted on 19/12/2017 12:02

With the government wanting all cars to be electric in years to come and some MHers have them as runarounds how do you think the club should address the issue, This is NOT a thread against electric cars.

Do you think the club should change the bollard to accommodate the second connection, have a designated charging area and should the charging bollard be metered so you pay as you use, or the cost added to pitch fee, or any other suggestion.

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replied on 26/12/2017 10:02

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:02

And take up of cars was slow - mainly due to cost

Metheven replied on 26/12/2017 10:07

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Posted on 26/12/2017 10:07

Everyone is of the mindset that all things will go on as it is now, with the individual ownership of vehicles, the freedom to do as we please etc with little change. Breakdown in society will arrive when the worlds fossil fuels are depleted, fuel stations closed, electricity only for a few hours a day. The end is nigh, but I'll be gone

Randomcamper replied on 26/12/2017 10:22

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Posted on 26/12/2017 10:07 by Metheven

Everyone is of the mindset that all things will go on as it is now, with the individual ownership of vehicles, the freedom to do as we please etc with little change. Breakdown in society will arrive when the worlds fossil fuels are depleted, fuel stations closed, electricity only for a few hours a day. The end is nigh, but I'll be gone

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:22

Very much the basis of the "Mad Max" films......

Best films ever......

replied on 26/12/2017 10:30

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Posted on 26/12/2017 09:13 by JVB66

The nevarnia you are trying convey ,is generations in the future,the Govenments do a lot of "blue sky thinking" to try to win brownie points from one another,

To "help?" ease the shortage of houseing they want to build 12000 properties in this area, and when asked by our local town society,are they all going to be enviromentaly compatable for the future not one of the companies they contacted had any plans to install EHUs for charging EVs

The infrastructure that would be req is so huge that no one without a lot money from the govenment (us) would be able to afford it,

So as far as the Leisure industry doing it around the country ?then its never going to happen as the users of would not pay the prices , there are enough complaints about prices now

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:30

When colour tv first came out in the 60s, only the very rich bought colour tv sets because they were too expensive. Eventually they became more affordable through mass production until now everyone has colour tv. The same will happen with EV!

replied on 26/12/2017 10:36

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:36

I bought a colour TV in 1976

SteveL replied on 26/12/2017 10:44

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Posted on 26/12/2017 10:30 by

When colour tv first came out in the 60s, only the very rich bought colour tv sets because they were too expensive. Eventually they became more affordable through mass production until now everyone has colour tv. The same will happen with EV!

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:44

I don't think anyone is disputing things will have to change. It is just the practicality / speed of that change that folk are questioning. A colour TV only required a bit more electricity and a new licence. Replacing a fossil fuel car with an EV requires replacing the energy generated by that fossil fuel with electricity. That is no easy matter in a short time frame. It takes about 10 years to build a nuclear plant. Current renewables only provide about 25% and any large scale renewables, such as tidal barrages, tend to be killed off by the green lobby. We are also a large importer of electricity from Europe. When they need that to power their EV's we will also have to replace that.

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JVB66 replied on 26/12/2017 10:47

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Posted on 26/12/2017 10:30 by

When colour tv first came out in the 60s, only the very rich bought colour tv sets because they were too expensive. Eventually they became more affordable through mass production until now everyone has colour tv. The same will happen with EV!

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:47

Its not the vehicles that will be expensive,it will be the cost of running them, when the govenments of the world realise how much they will lose from the revenue now received from the taxes on fossil fuel, and to recoup the massive amounts they have had to invest in the supply of electricity and the infrastructure for charging them all and as of now ,the recycling of old batteries

Vulcan replied on 26/12/2017 10:52

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Posted on 26/12/2017 10:52

The green protagonists are strangely silent on the environmental effects of mining Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel that are required to manufacture all these batteries especially in the Congo where children as young as four are mining Cobalt for hours on end every day.

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JVB66 replied on 26/12/2017 10:57

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Posted on 26/12/2017 10:52 by Vulcan

The green protagonists are strangely silent on the environmental effects of mining Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel that are required to manufacture all these batteries especially in the Congo where children as young as four are mining Cobalt for hours on end every day.

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:57

Nearly every thing that modern society "need" has a downside for the environment in some way but battery production of all types is one of the worst,and the recycling of them is not good either

replied on 26/12/2017 10:59

Posted on 26/12/2017 10:59

Replacing a Band W TV colour TV was a desirable for some. With regard to personal transport I and many have no great desire for change until, like the colour TV there is little alternative.

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