{"id":269718,"date":"2023-07-27T15:50:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269718"},"modified":"2023-07-27T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:50:52","slug":"justin-rowlatt-promotes-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269718","title":{"rendered":"Justin Rowlatt Promotes\u00a0EVs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Dave Ward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there was ever any doubt about Justin Rowlatt\u2019s credentials, his latest contribution shows beyond doubt that he is no more than a shill for the renewable lobby:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My mind is changed. At the start of an hour-long promo extolling the wonders of battery-powered vehicles, I admit I was slightly sceptical.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seemed questionable that Britain could convert to electric transport and ban the sale of petrol cars by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no lingering doubt now. The more desperate the hard sell became, in Electric Cars: What They Really Mean For You (BBC1), the more painfully obvious it was that the scheme is doomed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of two things seems certain: the government will pull the plug on its impossible deadline, or the era of mass travel in private cars will end.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every argument the presenters served up only emphasised the technology isn\u2019t ready, the infrastructure doesn\u2019t exist and the green propaganda is bogus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenter Michelle Ackerley promised us that there are 44,000 public chargers around the country. \u2018That sounds like a lot,\u2019 she added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, it doesn\u2019t. There are more than 33 million private cars in the UK. If we all go electric, that\u2019s one charger for every 750 vehicles. You\u2019ll be queuing for a week every time you need to refresh the battery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle pulled onto an all-electric forecourt outside Bishop\u2019s Stortford in Hertfordshire, with about 20 state-of-the-art zappers. \u2018This is charging heaven,\u2019 she announced, before plugging her vehicle in for \u2018as little as 40 minutes\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sauntered into the adjacent service station for a coffee \u2014 all right if you\u2019re on your own and in no hurry. Now try it with three fractious children, slogging across country on a wet Friday in August, with thousands of other holidaymakers, some on their second or third recharge of the day. See how heavenly that is.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To beat the queues, Michelle produced an \u2018electric lance\u2019 from the boot. This device, the size of a pneumatic drill, slots into a charging point like a water hydrant in the pavement. After a struggle, she managed to get it working, for an overnight charge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call me overcautious, but I don\u2019t fancy plugging a metal pole into the electricity mains, in winter, in the dark, during a rainstorm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-presenter Justin Rowlatt, the BBC\u2019s Climate Editor, was trying to entice us with shiny gimmicks. He went for a spin in a converted electric VW Beetle, buzzing up a Welsh mountain road like the Lovebug on amphetamines. The acceleration far outstripped anything possible with the Beetle\u2019s 40-horsepower petrol engine. But Justin carefully didn\u2019t mention how far it went before charge-ups, or how much the conversion cost. He just talked a lot about \u2018meeting challenges\u2019 and dismissed any objections as \u2018perceptions\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no attempt to explain how HGVs or heavy construction vehicles can ever run on electricity, and after its zippy start in the electro-Herbie, the show ran out of energy. During a deadly dull interview with a Whitehall eco-spokesman, it slowed to a halt. There\u2019s another episode next week \u2014 I hope that gives them enough time to charge up again.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problems of electric transport have been glaringly obvious for 40 years, since Sir Clive Sinclair launched his ridiculous battery-powered tricycle, the C5.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may have looked like a potential deathtrap but it has nostalgia appeal today, as proved on Retro Electro Workshop (Yesterday). A broken C5 was one of the clapped-out devices coaxed back to life in this soothingly watchable show.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is not the job of any BBC journalist, even a crackpot like Rowlatt, to waste licence payers\u2019 money on promoting EVs or any other 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