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[Nick W]

Ludites all of you.  If you had been alive in an earlier period you would have declined gas , electric and sewage or later the mobile phone or later still the smart phone.

There is an infinite amount of money available witness Covid

I'm no Luddite by any means. But you can't just magic working infrastructure out of thin air just by chucking a couple of impossible ideas around.

[Doctor Gollum]

Yes I did for a few years . On street parking was a problem even then.

Lockable plugs, anti vandal proof , cctv cameras, huge out of town car parks withcharging points andfree bus service to and from. See every problem has asolution. The issue is , is their an appetite for the solution.

We have abundant sun here and we seriously looked into having an ev and a “ car shelter” with solar panels atop. Itwould more or less have worked. Two issues.. First was price. We got a very well equipped car for the money a basic car would have cost plus we planned at least two UK ( including Scotland) trips each year and other gadding about mainland Europe. Then came CV19......

Almost all car crime in Horsham happens at the park and ride car park, to the point that almost no one uses it.

Cameras are zero deterrent as by the time someone has reviewed the footage the offenders are long gone, and most such crimes are tweakers or Pikies, and neither give a shit about getting caught.

Also, if you think cat theft is a thing, just wait until people realise how valuable battery packs are.

[Nick W]

Also, if you think cat theft is a thing, just wait until people realise how valuable battery packs are.

Unlikely to be too much of a problem unless someone figures out how to make them exchangeable. Which is another idea that sounds good until you actually think about it. The Renault Fluence didn't come to much.


The real problem will come when the vandals realise just how well lithium battery packs burn, and how difficult they are to extinguish. The little oppsers already know how to break a car window, let off the handbrake so it rolls down the hill and then chuck a petrol soaked rag inside....