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On Christmas Eve, the UK government launched a consultation inviting industry to shape the country’s transition to zero-emission vehicles. The transition to “zero-emission vehicles” means the phase-out of petrol and diesel vehicles and how the public can be cajoled into making the switch from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.
Unsurprisingly, as with all initiatives based on a fabricated anthropogenic climate change crisis, the consultation is based on disinformation. In the following, Paul Homewood explains why.
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Government Disinformation on EVs
By Paul Homewood as published by Watts Up With That
What I really wanted to comment on regarding the EV consultation was the gross disinformation below:
The UK automotive industry already employs over 152,000 people, is our most valuable exported good, and adds £19 billion to our economy. Electric vehicles (EVs) are also cheaper to own and drive than ever, and can run from as little as 2p per mile.
Industry research also shows that using an electric vehicle could save people up to £750 a year in running costs if they’re charged at home compared to using petrol and diesel cars. Upfront costs are also coming down, with 1 in 3 used electric cars now costing under £20,000 to buy, according to industry data.
Industry encouraged to shape UK transition to zero emission vehicles, UK Government Press Release, 24 December 2024
The Consultation Document is even more specific (emphasis added):
Households, consumers and businesses will benefit from the transition to ZEVs [zero emission vehicles]. Already, in many cases ZEVs are significantly cheaper to run, maintain, and repair than their petrol and diesel equivalents, and they emit fewer dangerous particles which can damage health and worsen air quality. Lower running costs can help drive down the cost of living in the long term – and, for company vehicle fleets, it means a lower cost of doing business. So, the ZEV transition will also support the government in meeting its economic growth mission and in raising living standards. At the same time, by switching to ZEVs, consumers can insulate themselves from fossil fuel price spikes and, as we deliver our clean energy mission, the electricity that EV owners use will increasingly be clean, cheap, and homegrown. These benefits mean more than 97% of ZEV buyers would not switch back to an ICE.
Executive Summary (pt. 3), Phasing out sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and supporting the ZEV transition, Open Consultation, UK Department for Transport, 24 December 2024, pg. 6
The so-called “industry research” comes not from the car industry at all, but from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (“ECIU”), which would be better described as a Disinformation Unit. The link given takes us to their analysis HERE.
And the ECIU analysis makes it clear that they have based their petrol costs on the pump price, including fuel duty and VAT:
A typical comparison is the Zoe v Clio:
But when fuel duty of 69.54p/litre (inc VAT) is deducted, that £667 saving is reduced to just £167.
We also need to factor in the fact that VAT is charged at 20% on petrol, but only 5% on electricity. A 5% VAT rate on petrol would cut the saving cut to about £100.
It is of course valid to quote the full savings listed by the ECIU in relation to actual costs paid by drivers currently.
But the Government is not doing that. Instead, it is deliberately claiming that drivers will benefit from the transition to EVs. But they know full well that by the time internal combustion engine (“ICE”) cars are banned in 2030, the taxation raised by fuel duty and VAT on fuel will have to be raised from other sources. Consequently, drivers may benefit from cheaper charging but will see those savings cancelled out by road charging or some other revenue-raising scheme.
The Government also ignore the fact that EVs cost much more to buy, wiping out whatever paltry savings might be made on fuel.
The Zoe, for instance, costs £4,400 more to buy than the Clio.
If a business put out misleading advertising like this, they would be hauled over the coals by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Featured image: Data reveals the extent of electric vehicle fires around the UK, CE Safety, 16 September 2022
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Interesting is it not, that VAT (GST) is a tax upon a tax, or excise if you like, maybe call it a levy, a fee, a duty.
But our bleeding heart empaths only live for “caring”.
Not a hint of succeeding simply by sharing.
Nothing for those slaves cracking lithium by hand
or tons of e-waste contaminating the land.
No, its do what we say, and save a few quid
“Its for the earth, and your future”
You can tell that to your kids.
Do your bit, for the sake of the nation,
do it and conform, obey the corporation
Break a few eggs, it’s just the price of progress
one man’s virtue is another’s distress
FIRST, let us point out that there is no such thing as a Zero Emissions ANYTHING which consumes energy. Basic Physics. If you take the entire resource/depletion/production/transportation/production/delivery/warehouse/sales/advertising/use/repair/recycling/??/ and do it for not just these two options, but all options, you will find that ELECTRIC VEHICLES are significantly greater wasters of resources/energy, and polluters than ICEs. Just not the same materials (and they therefor don’t get tested or even standards made for them). And let us not forget that every energy state change causes about 3-4% energy loss. IE, ALL THE ENERGY USED BY EVERY PART OF THIS SEQUENCE USES ENERGY AND THAT ENERGY IS FIRST CHEMICAL OR KINETIC. Which gets turned to heat/steam/mechanical/electrical/transmission/mechanical/heat/potential/kinetic etc./ with appropriate losses. And electric vehicles do not generate their own.
And now we know that the Green Revolution was both not necessary, would never have worked, and many (certain people) made many BILLIONS pushing for them. Pay attention to which of your reps. “did well” in this arena.! !
Electric vehicles will never be a rational option, due to issues of batteries/heavier/weather dependent/infrastructure absence/generation capacity/etc. THEY ARE JUST EXPENSIVE TOYS. Who is going to build the infrastructure when we are already in 36TRILLION debt??? But keep them because they will be antiques at Barret- Jackson.
the system gets built on the lie ponzie scheme house of cards kick one card over ( legal system ) it all comes tumbling down . Themythiscanada.com
https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/01/massive-cargo-ship-carrying-electric-cars-sinks-in-atlantic-ocean-after-fire
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/26/cargo-ship-fire-off-dutch-coast
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transportation/Porsche-EV-battery-blamed-for-ship-fire-in-Mitsui-O.S.K.-lawsuit
A good place for them.
When you convert to EVs like that, it’s essentially surrendering the auto industry to the Chinese, since the Chinese control battery manufacture. Cheaper to just buy a Chinese EV, probably better too. It’s a “lose-lose” for you, the UK consumer.
That word “consultation” pops up all the time these days-as in “public consultation”-said by those pulling the strings to give the impression that the people are being consulted, and have a say in the outcome.
Believe that at your peril-the decision has already been made.
Britain is the most expensive electric in the world,so how can we possibly charge a car from our home .Tens of thousands of homes here in the U K have no driveway, in fact barely a road to park safely ,this country will never be able to have these dangerous pieces of junk on the roads ,my friends house caught fire after she put her electric bike on charge in the conservatory
Really good comment.
Will it be incumbent on those who own EV’s who live in the places you so describe, to place their charging cables over the pavements outside their homes?
People will be tripping over them and maybe getting electrocuted at the same time?!
Well there is always the
14 minute city” open air internment camp.
These globalists are sick people.
None of their plans will work.
The west is continuing to commit suicide.
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