Will This Proposal See A Reduction In Cars On Scottish Roads?

[sandyRoe]

Electric vehicles aren't cheap, nor, I guess, are second-hand ones. Will this proposal force younger Scottish drivers onto bicycles or busses?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scotland-petrol-diesel-cars-phase-out-ban-2032-nicola-sturgeon-snp-environment-air-pollution-a7930781.html

[sunny-dave]

I'd like to see how she squares the vast increase in electricity consumption that this will cause with "reduced carbon", "no new onshore windfarms" and "no new nukes" - because I can't see how that adds up at all.

[HansUrbancka]

All talk about Electric Cars replacing Internal Combustion Engined Vehicles is a real shock to me. Who is going to be prepared to wait for hours whilst the battery is recharged at a 'filling station'.

Hans.

[New Judge]

It will force many older drivers on to bicycles or buses as well.

Of course if electric vehicles were such a godsend there would be no need for compulsion. Drivers would be queuing up at the dealers to buy them. I wonder why they are not?

The distances between some conurbations in Scotland is quite large and the infrastructure not too good. It takes longer to get from Edinburgh to Wick by train than it does to get from Edinburgh to London and back. Good luck to the Scots and their illustrious leader's plan to force them to go electric. I think a little more thought might need to be given to the plan as not everybody lives in Edinburgh or Glasgow.

[Zacs-Master]

Yeah right.