This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 22 January 2021
Electric Inflection Point?
There is a serious need to replace diesel and petrol-fuelled cars with electric alternatives. The change is necessary to both reduce health-damaging air pollution and to curb climate change. Experts now agree that we are fast approaching an inflection point, at which electric vehicles are cheaper than the traditional alternatives, without the need to employ grants and tax breaks (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/22/electric-vehicles-close-to-tipping-point-of-mass-adoption). The experts suggest that this 'tipping point' (along with battery improvements) will, inevitably, lead to a mass adoption of this cleaner mode of transport. Their conclusion is supported by a finding that more than 90% of electric car owners, would not want to return to petrol-fuelled vehicles.
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