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I’m not convinced that this isn’t just more oil industry sponsored FUD. While I’m perfectly willing to accept that electric vehicles aren’t as labour intensive as Petrol/Diesel engined vehicles, and I’m also perfectly willing to believe that the car industry is having a severe downturn (when...

Absolutely agree there’s an arms race in car size and especially height. Suddenly people who’d bought Fiesta sized cars for decades didn’t feel safe in their Fiesta and couldn’t see in front of them due to the proliferation of SUVs, so their next car is a Juke or a Kuga. They start...

That’s a bit of road where the cyclists do pass the cars at that time of day, you have my sympathy. I feel we’ve thoroughly derailed this thread, so I’m not going to carry on blithering, but I hope you’re well and that you get to indulge in some cycling in the current good weather.

I’m sorry, but if we based travel policy on “any form of transport on which nobody’s been killed by a twat” then we wouldn’t be cycling, driving, flying, using a boat or even walking. Cars driven badly, or in drink/drugs, or in anger, are potentially absolutely lethal, but cars also largely...

That’s not a strictly fair comparison is it?

I think this is something that does have to change. I’d rather have a 5 offences and permanently out for minor offences, and a 2 yellow cards equals a permanent red for more major offences. The idea that driving is a sacrosanct right should end. I do think the penalty for repeated nobbery on...

Most lithium mining takes place in Australia, South America and China. There are horror stories about lithium mining, particularly in some of the South American sites, but there are a number of different techniques, with differing levels of risk and environmental impact. It doesn’t have to be...

I’m 100% not anti-cycling, only the Lycra and Oakleys gang annoy me, and I’m certainly not at war with anyone who feels differently to me, but cycling’s not the answer to urban travel for the rest of us,. I wish it’s advocates well, but for someone like me I’d be a danger to myself and others...

I agree electric bikes are definitely a step forward, but I know from my own family that weather is an issue for some. There are some who will go out in the rain happily in waterproof clothing, while others will stay indoors and refuse to move further than from front door to car door. We’re...

I’m not certain I’m being binary, but I feel that local authorities have bent over backward to try and accommodate cyclists, and while not perfect, it’s certainly as good as it has ever been for cyclists in the U.K. However, this has failed (in itself) to bring traffic down by any meaningful...

But the flip side of that, is that just because you want to cycle, doesn’t mean it’s an acceptable solution for everyone else.

Is cycling a fantastic way to get around? I’d say that cycling is a fantastic way to get around short/medium distances of fairly level ground in good weather. In adverse weather, over long distances, or over particularly hilly terrain it’s a bit of a ball ache, and requires a level of fitness...

To my mind the Polestar 2 is an underrated car. On the bigger picture, I would hope that we wouldn’t go 100% in on any single technology, for the simple reason that we create (if not a monopoly) then at least one or two points in the supply chain where a few organisations largely corner their...