Pro's and con's for buying an electric vehicle

If you are interested the Radio 4 programme I mentioned a few pages back discusses all this. The idea is to get the energy from renewables which is what ecotricity is providing. Although some will argue that fuel is all mixed in at the moment the fuel used for EVs is programmed to come from as many renewables as possible.

Sounds a bit like everybody is claiming to use renewable energy - which of course they are to some degree as renewable energy is not ringfenced for a single purpose.

Thanks ET & Brue, must have missed your link Brue, I'll have a look.

You see, I remember the 3 day week and all the associated problems that came along with that!

As much as I want to believe that renewable energy is the way forward, if, for example, we have as many wind farms as we need, the whole country will be blown down to the Falklands!

But a few days ago, in the late afternoon when it was dark, and there was no wind anywhere in the country, all the traditional sources of electrical generation were working flat out to supply the National Grid.  Only the extra power coming across from the Netherlands was keeping us from some sort of blackout somewhere.

I have no idea what would get switched off (deliberately) first, but those who have objected to wind farms close to their homes may yet come to regret that!

You can sit and watch what is happening at GridWatch .

Come down to the southwest and see our fields of solar panels. 

 . . . as long as it is daylight!

Even then you need some decent weather.  This last week we have had hardly any PV generation.

Moved this from the pointless page.

They get £21,500 for the successful sale of the Smart Electric regardless of who pays. That is what is relevant to them and their business!

So who is paying for your car?

And do you think that as you or any other owners are  good customers that they will let them al  have free electricity and open late in the evenings.

But you've invested in PVs for a reason I think Kj!? We have a huge amount of solar power down here. In Scotland you have hydroelectrics which produce 12% of your energy. So renewables play a big part across the UK and no doubt will expand in the future. The gov wants energy for EVs to come from renewables.

Well the existing renewable energy goes to the Grid and is used by all. Very minimal EV usage at present. If they want to match the forecast growth in EVs with a similar growth in renewables they will eventually have to start applying themselves to that.