Dear Editor,
James Carr (letters 2 4 26) is correct that rural users of fossil fuels will be hard hit if the Israel/US/Iran situation persists.
The ‘oil shock’ of the early 70s gave impetus to the improvement in fuel consumption and perhaps this geopolitical disaster, another led by the US and Middle East actors, could be turned to everyone’s advantage by hastening the adoption of EVs.
Though temporarily between EVs, now we have had two for five years before the pandemic and enjoyed mostly free motoring for about eight months of the year by using our solar panels to charge the cars.
In winter, charging is at the low tariff overnight rate from the grid which costs a few pence per mile.
With ranges that vastly exceed most journeys, that most people take, most of the time there could hardly be a better time to join the 21st century and ditch the old ICE car for an EV.
EVs of all sizes, from tiny urban vehicles, through regular family transports, ‘executive’ luxo-barges and all the way up to fast performance cars, are available.
Rural users are catered for with EV 4x4s in many sizes.
Public transport and commercial vehicle EVs are now commonplace too – from local runabouts to long-distance heavy haulage.
On the page opposite Mr Carr’s letter there was the news of a major wind power development which reinforces the message about decarbonisation.
The future is electric and can be completely renewable.
Nobody needs fossil fuels anymore.
Yours sincerely,
Steve Ford
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