Re: New diesel and petrol vehicles to be banned from 2040 in
It's not a black and white issue. Electric cars still need electricity! Yes, some, like the Prius harvest electricity when braking, but this is a token gesture to the whole needs.
This was recently written in the U.K.:
"The grid recently warned that, by 2030, electric cars could require 3.5-8GW of additional capacity, on top of the current peak demand of 60GW.
By comparison, the nuclear power station being built at Hinkley Point in Somerset will add 3.2GW of capacity to the system.
By the middle of the century, when it is assumed almost all cars will be electric, that extra peak demand could be up to 18GW".
In other words, we may need to build an additional 6 nuclear power stations to power these cars!
Not saying it's right or wrong / good or bad, just sayin' it ain't so simple...