by Editor | Monday 30th November 2020 | Science
EDITOR’S COMMENT: electric car batteries require Cobalt and in countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, child slaves are used to extract the mineral out of the ground. But, if it makes middle class London hippies feel good… Please use the sharing...
by Editor | Monday 30th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: another day, another tax that will hit the poorest the hardest. We can’t just expect that overnight millions of people on low incomes can sell their cars and get electric vehicles. It’s such a stupid, out-of-touch, ill-thought-out plan. Sign...
by Editor | Monday 30th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: during a time of mass unemployment, looming redundancies and a 50 year high tax burden, the government should not be raising taxes to start a green revolution. We must conquer Covid and grow the economy if we wish to help people provide for...
by Editor | Monday 30th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: The UK Government intends to stop the sale of all new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2035, with the intention of being completely carbon neutral by 2050. This policy is horribly expensive and needless, and threatens the jobs and livelihoods...
by Editor | Monday 30th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: The UK Government intends to stop the sale of all new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2035, with the intention of being completely carbon neutral by 2050. This policy is horribly expensive and needless, and threatens the jobs and livelihoods...
by Editor | Friday 27th November 2020 | Science
EDITOR’S COMMENT: this research threatens to undermine the Prime Minister’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by banning sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030… Manufacturing electric vehicles generates 63 per cent more carbon dioxide than...
by Editor | Friday 27th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: the not-so-green-revolution… Electric cars have to travel as far as 50,000 miles to match the carbon footprint of a petrol model because of the massive amount of energy consumed during the production process, according to research. Making...
by Editor | Thursday 26th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: IF THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO SPEND BILLIONS ON A “GREEN REVOLUTION” THEY MUST ENSURE THAT THESE JOBS ARE GIVEN TO BRITISH WORKERS, WHO HAVE ARE FACING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNCERTAINTY DUE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. IF YOU AGREE THAT WE NEED BRITISH JOBS...
by Editor | Wednesday 25th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: IF THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO SPEND BILLIONS ON A “GREEN REVOLUTION” THEY MUST ENSURE THAT THESE JOBS ARE GIVEN TO BRITISH WORKERS, WHO HAVE ARE FACING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNCERTAINTY DUE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. IF YOU AGREE THAT WE NEED BRITISH JOBS...
by Editor | Wednesday 25th November 2020 | Politics and Economics
EDITOR’S COMMENT: we aren’t even surprised any more about revelations that so-called environmentally-friendly vehicles are anything but… Popular models of plug-in hybrid cars are polluting up to eight times more than official tests indicate when run...
