Hi Daf,
agree that we should all do our bit but UK ICE cars are a drop in the ocean on a global scale and CO2 and other greenhouse gasses are a global issue. The elephant in the room is exponential population increases and the subsequent demand on diminishing resources. In the UK since Blair opened the floodgates we have 6 million more inhabitants or 5 Birmingham’s worth – more cars, more wasteful traffic jams. More fuel burnt but Never mind, more tax revenue. My particular concern over a 35 year flying career was looking down on the destruction of equatorial rainforest – the lungs of the planet which covert CO2 to O2. I have witnessed deforestation on a massive scale and the current slash and burn in Brazilian Amazon is disaster of epic proportions. In Indonesia Forrest is replaced by palm oil plantations and some is used as additive to petrol and peddled as green fuel. You really couldn’t make it up. Gordon brown and the eu foisted carcinogenic diesel fuel on us because of lower CO2 emissions. That went well. Let’s hope the politicians embark on some joined up thinking. meantime my ice Vw shuts down two cylinders when cruising and I use very little fuel doing a low mileage it will likely last 20 years and not need large components replaced such as a 700 kg battery pack