No More Excuses?

Some people have argued that developing electric cars for transport and heat pumps for warming accommodation would not reduce carbon dioxide emissions sufficiently to be worthwhile. A study, involving several European universities, appears to have shown that the savings are generally substantial, even if non-renewables are used to generate the needed electricity (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/23/electric-cars-produce-less-co2-than-petrol-vehicles-study-confirms). The only place where this did not currently apply was in highly coal-dependent Poland. There appears to be little doubt that we should be rapidly expanding these technologies at the expense of petrol-fuelled cars and gas-heated homes.