We will revisit this when you need to walk with two sticks, are unable to stand for long periods and can no longer drive
What has my possible personal situation to do with self drive and only hybrid and electric cars being "the only ones allowed" in
10 years time as per the original suggestion of this thread?
Once more you make things so personal, when all I was doing was commenting about the average working class person, or OAP, who has all their faculties, being forced to get rid of their perfectly good, non-advanced tech, cars, that are still being produced as we speak for vehicles they can not afford to own in just
10 years. Yes,
10 years, which I was stressing was ridiculous.
Let me expand my explanation so the reality can be grasped.
The suggestion is that ALL car manufacturers will only produce hybrid or electric cars in
10 years time (2040 has actually been the previous, I think realistic, statement by the government), and everyone MUST afford to swap to those vehicles regardless of personal financial circumstances (are electric vehicles currently subsidised to any great extent to reduce the very high retail price?).
Can any government afford to financially assist the millions in the lower income bracket to buy the new form of personalised transport?
Can the government in
just 10 years time be able to bring legislation and road traffic laws in to make it all happen, whilst maintaining "motoring revenues" that currently apply to "traditional" vehicle motorists and not ending up with a political crisis / revolution of the people?
Can any government give jobs to those engaged in the oil industry, and replace the taxation from that sector,that will disappear with such a change in
just 10 years time? Can any government NOW guarantee that in
just 10 years time there will be the level of electric generation to power the dramatic increase in cars reliant on that form of energy, or provide the millions of charging points that will be needed away from residential areas, or to people in blocks of flats that are often in the low income bracket outside of the centres of our big cities and towns?
............and so on, with no doubt other considerations that must be dealt with by any government, of any political colour,
within 10 years time Now I am quoting the 10 years mentioned in the article, but even 15 years would still represent a serious challenge for our politicians and us the people.
BUT, and this is where one person has done what he is accusing me of, assume that I am completely against the new forms of transport envisaged............I am NOT!! In 25 to 35 years time the motor car in it's traditional, internal combustion engine form, WILL be relegated to museums and classic car rallies. That can only be an
excellent thing for the World and it's people, and with the right political attitude will still give the populous the freedoms of personal transport, with indeed an end to "car park" type driving that we see everyday on our motorways that is actually robbing us of precious time, money and damaging our health.
But time to plan and execute the transition must be given, and the "10 years" quoted is totally unrealistic.Now you hopefully will fully understand my point of view