Electric Cars and Green Power. I Think Not.

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There is a problem brewing. And it's a green one. Namely electric cars, bicycles, and scooters. I don't include electric motorcycles as all but one manufacturer has ceased making them - because no one wants them, namely sensible bikers.

It would seem that the Tesla and other electric car manufacturers are hitting the right note with the trendies with cash to burn. Apparently, the average electric car in the UK today costs £44,000. Though prices do range from the cheapest at £17,350 for something called a 'SmartEQ fortwo coupe', to an eye-watering £138,826 for a Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

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I think back to when mobile phones first released, and basically looked like military field phones, but yet the trendies just had to have one and strut about with it. Same with the Sinclair C5 - where did they go, I wonder? Same with the electric car, scooter and bicycle, the 'trendies' had to be the first.

But for those too young to even know what the first mobile phone looked like, here is a picture of one below. And 'No', it's not from 'Call of Duty'.

My concern regarding electric vehicles is the production of this green electricity. Renewable? It's another smoke and mirrors con job. What do you think powers the stations producing this electricity? Fossil fuels. But there are some run by an energy source I found both unbelievable and outraging. To find out what it is, watch the video posted at the end.

As for solar power, forget it. Here in the UK, if we take London as an example, on average has 1460 sun hours per year out of a potential 4383 hours per year, with an average of 3.59 sunlight hours per day.

Then there is wind energy; this can have adverse environmental impacts, including the potential to reduce, fragment or degrade habitat for wildlife, fish, and plants. Furthermore, spinning turbine blades pose a threat to flying wildlife like birds and bats, plus noise pollution from their spinning.
But possibly one of the least known problems of wind turbine are the blades. They are unrecyclable, so get buried in massive 'turbine blade graveyards', a.k.a. landfills. See below.

Throughout Europe there will be around 3,800 blades coming down annually through 2022. The problem is only going to get worse and has become an issue of great concern. Whilst 99% of a turbine's parts can be recycled, the majority of turbine blades are a challenge. So much so, that they end up getting buried in huge landfills.
But there is something else I wanted to share, and this comes in the form of a video, so I'll stop here and let you watch and decide for yourselves regarding my opening remarks on electric vehicles and the creation of all this wonderful 'green' electricity.