The #StopBurningStuff initiative launched last month from EV campaign group FairCharge and Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged Show. It aims to counter incorrect anti-EV rhetoric and is endorsed by scientists, climate ambassadors and senior industry.
The campaign has now earned the support of MPs including Matt Western, chair of the APPG on Electric Vehicles and also the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington.
Western said: “Having served notice back in 2020 on new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2030, we now hear the Government has changed its mind.
Shame the mods in this sub don’t block it. Frequently get all kinds of anti-science nonsense posted here.
Anti-EV in what sense?
It’s perfectly fine and sensible to acknowledge that we don’t have the necessary infrastructure to support mass-EV deployment.
Unless every residential on-street parking space in the UK has been retro-fitted with a EV charger overnight, with cables safely laid underground.
EVs are smartphones on wheels and some people don’t trust/want that. It’s bad enough that we have some of the most comprehensive and intrusive surveillance in the world, having a car that tracks and listens to you isn’t that appealing.
Perhaps if there were a privacy respecting EV, that the state can’t remotely disable, people will be more amenable to the idea.
>Quentin Willson, founder of FairCharge, said: “The levels of poorly researched misinformation circulating about electric cars and batteries is unprecedented. Debunking the myths that have become embedded should be an urgent priority for the Government. FairCharge and Fully Charged have been fighting against these myths for many months now but the Government needs to join in the battle to save our motor industry, stimulate demand and move Britain towards an era of energy independence free from the tyranny of fossil fuel dependency.”
All sounds good to me.
Now thats two campaigns theyve got behind, electric vehicle misinformation and the genocide of the palestinian people
EV infrastructure isn’t good enough yet, which everyone knows. Having home chargers or street chargers at every house/flat location isn’t possible. So that isn’t a solution and if that is the solution they are wanting. Then be prepared for the massive hike in electricity bills for those that have one installed once the Government tax it like they do on petrol and diesel.
We need the battery/charging tech to be like what we have with the current fuel stations. Those that want to splash and dash can. Those that want to fill up to the brim within 5 minutes can as well.
Until then people aren’t going to want to move to EVs. People value their time and having to wait 30 minutes isn’t an option. Charging at home isn’t an option for many so there needs to be something similar to what we have even if it means waiting an extra 2-3 minutes.
> It aims to counter incorrect anti-EV rhetoric
But not incorrect pro-EV rhetoric?
As long as the mis-information is balanced. In other words, by all means stop mis-information from the anti-EV lobby but also from the pro-EV lobby. Then you get the thorny question of who decides what is mis-information and what isn’t? Who decides? Is it the government? Not a good idea if their past record is anything to go by.
I’m all for truth…but whose truth?
I am sure that FullyCharged and FairCharge are not neutral on this subject.
As always, completely relies on whatever their definition of “misinformation” is
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The #StopBurningStuff initiative launched last month from EV campaign group FairCharge and Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged Show. It aims to counter incorrect anti-EV rhetoric and is endorsed by scientists, climate ambassadors and senior industry.
The campaign has now earned the support of MPs including Matt Western, chair of the APPG on Electric Vehicles and also the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington.
Western said: “Having served notice back in 2020 on new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2030, we now hear the Government has changed its mind.
Shame the mods in this sub don’t block it. Frequently get all kinds of anti-science nonsense posted here.
Anti-EV in what sense?
It’s perfectly fine and sensible to acknowledge that we don’t have the necessary infrastructure to support mass-EV deployment.
Unless every residential on-street parking space in the UK has been retro-fitted with a EV charger overnight, with cables safely laid underground.
EVs are smartphones on wheels and some people don’t trust/want that. It’s bad enough that we have some of the most comprehensive and intrusive surveillance in the world, having a car that tracks and listens to you isn’t that appealing.
Perhaps if there were a privacy respecting EV, that the state can’t remotely disable, people will be more amenable to the idea.
>Quentin Willson, founder of FairCharge, said: “The levels of poorly researched misinformation circulating about electric cars and batteries is unprecedented. Debunking the myths that have become embedded should be an urgent priority for the Government. FairCharge and Fully Charged have been fighting against these myths for many months now but the Government needs to join in the battle to save our motor industry, stimulate demand and move Britain towards an era of energy independence free from the tyranny of fossil fuel dependency.”
All sounds good to me.
Now thats two campaigns theyve got behind, electric vehicle misinformation and the genocide of the palestinian people
EV infrastructure isn’t good enough yet, which everyone knows. Having home chargers or street chargers at every house/flat location isn’t possible. So that isn’t a solution and if that is the solution they are wanting. Then be prepared for the massive hike in electricity bills for those that have one installed once the Government tax it like they do on petrol and diesel.
We need the battery/charging tech to be like what we have with the current fuel stations. Those that want to splash and dash can. Those that want to fill up to the brim within 5 minutes can as well.
Until then people aren’t going to want to move to EVs. People value their time and having to wait 30 minutes isn’t an option. Charging at home isn’t an option for many so there needs to be something similar to what we have even if it means waiting an extra 2-3 minutes.
> It aims to counter incorrect anti-EV rhetoric
But not incorrect pro-EV rhetoric?
As long as the mis-information is balanced. In other words, by all means stop mis-information from the anti-EV lobby but also from the pro-EV lobby. Then you get the thorny question of who decides what is mis-information and what isn’t? Who decides? Is it the government? Not a good idea if their past record is anything to go by.
I’m all for truth…but whose truth?
I am sure that FullyCharged and FairCharge are not neutral on this subject.
As always, completely relies on whatever their definition of “misinformation” is