Buckman said:
IMHO EV are just as unfriendly to the environment as any diesel or petrol car and are definitely not the future!
EV is the technology that is being strongly pushed by Governments, so even if you disagree with them, sadly you will see more and more of them on our roads There will be alternatives possibly Hydrogen, but as far as Diesel and petrol IC cars are concerned they have been doomed by our political masters.
More and more cities will be introducing restrictions on the use of IC engined vehicles within defined areas, so initiatives like that are going to push more people away from IC vehicles.
Having said that, there is a vast number of IC cars on the road, and it will take several decades before the IC engine is no longer significant, but I am certain other measures will be taken by the authorities to further restrict the use or availability of IC vehicles, and as the numbers diminish, the infrastructure to supply fuels will shrink, and costs of ownership rise disproportionately.
I also feel its wrong to condemn EV's It is still an evolving technology. and it is a fact that what ever man made technology you look at it does have some consequences on the environmental or ecological fronts. The nature and scale of the effects are different so its difficult to make a clear unambiguous comparison.
Like it or not - its coming