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But maybe not longer term. The arctic tundra of Asia and North America is rapidly warming with the permafrost disappearing fast. That is a vast area capable of feeding billions. The problem is the big time gap between the increasing numbers of the starving peoples of Central America and...

Could well be true, though an equally likely scenario is that we will have left it to the last minute and then suffer really extreme drastic measures to save ourselves. In that scenario there will be no mega rich kids of the future, we'll all be living impoverished lives with more than few...

That's already happening. I would John. I'm a remainer who always wanted the UK to be a fully participating member in the euro area and with fully open borders, supporting eventual union into a single country called Europe, comprised of member states. .

It will be much easier than you think, the EU will enjoy the "We told you so" experience. And a country rejoining after leaving will strengthen the EU by causing uncertainty among the anti-EU elements in other member countries. .

The seventeenth email from them arrived today, still desperate to buy it. .

Don't worry. When the EU Commission wanted to introduce compulsory helmets for all cyclists, the Dutch government killed it off by telling them they would refuse to implement it. So I cant see them bringing in helmets for legal pedelecs. The S class high speed ones are a different case...

Yes, that was the reaction to the earlier permission for them which led to such chaos. Yet despite such examples to be careful what is permitted, our DfT still gave permission for our e-scooter trials! .

The black object is a Band Brake. It has a metal strap around a drum which when tightened self wraps around the drum to give the braking force. Horrible cheap things that squeal when dry and slip when greased. SLA batteries are still normal and commonplace in Chinese mopeds and scooters. .

That's because the blog is dated, from September 2016. I'm fairly certain that the permission for mopeds and the like to use bike paths came after that. In any case it would have been too new a measure then to have caused such a problem yet. It certainly is a very big problem now and seemed...

No chance. That 7k reduction is because Tesla have always grossly overpriced, but as you've noted, £44,000 is still very expensive for what the model Y is. You can't take any notice of MG prices , that's China out of line. If the Chinese step too far out of line they'll just get a high...

It's the norm now. As I've been saying in a number of posts, car manufacturers are using the e-car switch to completely change their marketing policies. They are rightly fed up with fiercely competing with each other to sell the cheapest small cars in order to make a loss on each one and...

If they did join we'd have to incorporate all their flags into the Union Jack. If you ever had a paintbox as a child you'll know what happens when all the colours are mixed, so here would be the new Union Jack:

Vet's income? ;) .

We could ask the 27 EU countries to join the UK instead. .

Agreed, but either will be much easier if Rees Moggs Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is rejected. If it isn't, even joining EFTA could mean years of renegotiation since the required laws have to have parity first. .

Four more percent swing and we can start demanding at 61/39. .

Indeed, it's difficult to believe that it was nearly five years ago with it's third MOT coming up. Incidentally WeBuyAnyCar have just sent their 17th email pleading to buy it. Their message has changed this time: "We noticed your NISSAN price has dropped. Now could be a good time to sell as...

I hit this problem in early 2018 after the new Nissan Leaf was announced. I'd immediately put a deposit down on one but too late already. Germany was soon announcing a one year waiting list and my local Nissan dealer suggested I take my deposit back since they couldn't give even a vague...

Wrong conclusion again, simply because we won't be using anywhere near as much energy in future. Simply because we won't be able to as your post shows. All human forecasts of the future fail. The futures we actually reach have always proved to be beyond prior imagination. The present even...

Oh dear, yet another silly critic: 1) We are not trying to immediately convert the world's ICs to lithium batteries, we are making a start with light vehicles like cars and vans and some urban area trucks where pollution is a particular problem. 2) Nor will it be all Lithium. Mitsubishi...