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[Welshfred]

1 hour ago, Johnsond said:

Was the recent mine in Cumbria that was denied planning consent due to “green shite” not solely for that purpose?

No

[Johnsond]

43 minutes ago, Welshfred said:

No

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The mine was to be used to dig up coking coal for steel production. It was expected to be able to

Edited 6 hours ago by Johnsond

[Mesterh]

2 hours ago, Johnsond said:

100% Agree the current net zero path we are on is a dangerous ideology driven example of sheer lunacy. 
I watched an article on the news last night about the 2035 commercial vehicle electrification target, Nestle I think it was running a trial on Volvo tractor units.

Standard diesel unit £170000 GTW 44T with a range of 800 miles on one tank. 

Electric unit £300000 GTW 28T with a range of 130mile max “ with a large amount of variables thrown in”. 

 

I think that we do need to invest in EV's. They will be the future no matter what. There will be a turn in battery tech at some point, 5, 10, 50 years I dont know but all tech will move there eventually. 

 

 

[Johnsond]

1 minute ago, Mesterh said:

I think that we do need to invest in EV's. They will be the future no matter what. There will be a turn in battery tech at some point, 5, 10, 50 years I dont know but all tech will move there eventually. 

 

 

You may well be right but literally shackling ourselves to destructive deadlines when the technology doesn’t yet meet the rhetoric or ideology is not a wise decision, it will not make us world leaders in anything other than just like now with the cost of energy.