In todays news...

[irie]

So over 7 times more EV charging points by 2030 than currently available. Sticking to my IC car for the for the forseable. A slo-mo debacle in the making ...

Figures released in February by the SMMT showed that just one new public charger was built for every 53 electric cars sold last year, putting the adoption of the green vehicles under strain.

There were around 37,000 public chargers across the country at the start of 2023, according to official statistics. The Committee on Climate Change has suggested that 280,000 chargers will be required to meet demand in 2030

[Horse]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65158947

An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild, taking it on a train and then showing it off at local shops.

[Mr. Dazzle]

So over 7 times more EV charging points by 2030 than currently available. Sticking to my IC car for the for the forseable. A slo-mo debacle in the making ...

Figures released in February by the SMMT showed that just one new public charger was built for every 53 electric cars sold last year, putting the adoption of the green vehicles under strain.

There were around 37,000 public chargers across the country at the start of 2023, according to official statistics. The Committee on Climate Change has suggested that 280,000 chargers will be required to meet demand in 2030

Someone should probably do something about that.

Oh....

"By 2030, we expect there to be around 300,000 public chargepoints as a minimum in the UK, but there could potentially be more than double that number"

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... rategy.pdf

[Mr. Dazzle]

Well it just half irritates half amuses me.

"There's not enough charging, they're banning ICE cars without thinking about X Y Z"

Actually means "I haven't bothered to look into the government plan and assume there isn't one".

[DefTrap]

"By 2030, we expect there to be around 300,000 public chargepoints as a minimum in the UK, but there could potentially be more than double that number"

Shifty Sunak &Co needs a bit of time to work out how to outsource all this to his mates.

[Screwdriver]

If Trump paid Stormy Daniels $130k to keep her mouth shut (after he'd finished presumably) and she has gone around shooting her mouth off; does he get his money back?

[MrLongbeard]

Someone should probably do something about that.

Oh....

"By 2030, we expect there to be around 300,000 public chargepoints as a minimum in the UK, but there could potentially be more than double that number"

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... rategy.pdf

Sneaky buggers, no mention of them being working installations, just at least 300,000 installations

[irie]

So over 7 times more EV charging points by 2030 than currently available. Sticking to my IC car for the for the forseable. A slo-mo debacle in the making ...

Figures released in February by the SMMT showed that just one new public charger was built for every 53 electric cars sold last year, putting the adoption of the green vehicles under strain.

There were around 37,000 public chargers across the country at the start of 2023, according to official statistics. The Committee on Climate Change has suggested that 280,000 chargers will be required to meet demand in 2030

Someone should probably do something about that.

Oh....

"By 2030, we expect there to be around 300,000 public chargepoints as a minimum in the UK, but there could potentially be more than double that number"

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... rategy.pdf

Great expectations.

[irie]

Well it just half irritates half amuses me.

"There's not enough charging, they're banning ICE cars without thinking about X Y Z"

Actually means "I haven't bothered to look into the government plan and assume there isn't one".

See above.

[Mr. Dazzle]

So when you say "The SMMT reckon this" that's a valid prediction, but when someone says "Government Planning is this" that is invalid.

What's your point here? No-one is planning things? No-one has identified the need for more charging infrastructure? You're the only one who's realised something needs doing? 'cause I'm confused about what you're trying to say.

[mangocrazy]

So when you say "The SMMT reckon this" that's a valid prediction, but when someone says "Government Planning is this" that is invalid.

What's your point here? No-one is planning things? No-one has identified the need for more charging infrastructure? You're the only one who's realised something needs doing? 'cause I'm confused about what you're trying to say.

That'll be because irie's confused about what he's trying to say, as well...

[gremlin]

Australian man charged over taking wild platypus on train

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65158947

Wild? It was bloody livid. Bloke had promised it a taxi ride.

[Screwdriver]

Wild? It was bloody livid. Bloke had promised it a taxi ride.

Gerald the platypus??

[Mussels]

Someone should probably do something about that.

Oh....

"By 2030, we expect there to be around 300,000 public chargepoints as a minimum in the UK, but there could potentially be more than double that number"

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... rategy.pdf

Sneaky buggers, no mention of them being working installations, just at least 300,000 installations

'We expect' isn't very reassuring either.

[Mr. Dazzle]

But the "suggestion" 280k will be required is written in stone?

[ZRX61]

I’m naive enough to believe that the Potus (or president or PM of any significant country) should be a person of reasonable integrity with a decent moral compass. I am. You are. Why can’t they be? I don’t have to agree with their politics, they just need to be a decent human being. That any significant portion of the US public supports Trump says something pretty alarming about America tbh.

And this isn’t a defence of Biden, surely the Democratic Party (and the GOP come to that) can find a couple of less tainted (and less doddery) candidates.

Some people judge him by what he achieved, not his personality or what he says.

Here's the list from the National Achives:

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/tr ... lishments/

[Mr. Dazzle]

"Before the China Virus invaded our shores, we built the world’s most prosperous economy."

He's prett6 diplomatic, isn't he?

[Screwdriver]

"Before the China Virus invaded our shores, we built the world’s most prosperous economy."

He's prett6 diplomatic, isn't he?

We all know it's true, why else is Fauci so determined to stop any real effort to establish the source?

Perhaps because he and the US were actually funding gain of function research in Bat derived corona viruses, in a lab in Wuhan, where the outbreak occurred, months before the CCP alerted the rest of the world to the danger. You know, there is that. Circumstantial of course but if you can't see the obvious connection, you'd have to be as blind as a...

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Wild? It was bloody livid. Bloke had promised it a taxi ride.

Gerald the platypus??

No Perry the Platypus, international semi aquatic mammal of action

[irie]

So when you say "The SMMT reckon this" that's a valid prediction, but when someone says "Government Planning is this" that is invalid.

What's your point here? No-one is planning things? No-one has identified the need for more charging infrastructure? You're the only one who's realised something needs doing? 'cause I'm confused about what you're trying to say.

That'll be because irie's confused about what he's trying to say, as well...

Planning to do something in 7 years time? Who's going to do it, the gubberment? Which one would that be? Don't hold back.