That Net Zero, the push to "Decarbonise" the economy, has very little hard facts to back anything up with.
Please stop demanding to know how much cleaner the air will be after the installation of a "Low Traffic Neighbourhood", we don't know, nobody knows, there's no answer to it. Your local council isn't being awkward, nobody there knows either, the local authority HAVE to do it because the Government signed a legally binding agreement to reduce emissions. There is no oversight to the measures being taken, Bristol has no clue what Bath are doing, and don't care, it's a free for all, please stop having a go at your local councils.
Even at the very top, Government wise, nobody knows either. There is not a single scientist who can tell us/you how much cleaner things will be after all of this. Its just too big an issue for any local authority to know anything about. Please stop complaining about the "green stuff", we agree with you, and demanding answers we can't give you isn't helping anybody.
question 1
Mrs Jones drives a 12 year old estate with 120,000 miles on it, she's owned it for 4 years and has driven 54,000 miles. Her car was built in Germany, the wing mirrors were manufactured in Tiwan, the stereo doesn't work. Most of her driving is motorway, the she lives half a mile from the M4 slip road, she occasionally drives into the city centre. She has replaced 2 tyres.
Mr Smith ownes a new EV. He has driven 18000 miles, mostly city commuting to his office in the center of town. He charges at home from a regular socket because he doesn't have a driveway. The car was built in Korea, the lithium for the battery was mined in China, the battery itself was manufactured in Japan. He has replaced 4 tyres.
Which vehicle has a higher carbon footprint?
Answer
Nobody knows. Please stop asking. We don't know. You don't know. Nobody knows. It's just the Government telling us we have to do something. They don't know either.