@Ioniq I’m sorry, but your claim that a diesel car with no faults consumed half a tank of diesel over just 14 miles is just not believable. I completely understand your enthusiasm for EVs, but it undermines your credibility by making such outlandish claims, especially when, in the same breath, you accuse others of doing the same about EVs!
When people start calling those who, for entirely legitimate reasons, don’t share your enthusiasm for EVs names such as “Luddite ostriches” they have completely lost the argument IMO.
You talk about facts, yet your sweeping statements are often devoid of them. Here are a few to ponder. The average lifespan of an ICE car is 14 years and rising. Even today, there are between 3 and 4 new ICE cars being registered versus every new EV. There will still be tens of millions of ICE cars on our roads come 2030. There will be no difficulty whatsoever in obtaining fuel for them, nor for many years beyond that. To suggest that ICE drivers will start to encounter difficulties in a handful of years is pure scaremongering. They won’t.
The stats about the number of petrol stations is also a complete non-arguement. In the 70s almost everyone filled up in local petrol stations as there was no other option. In the decades that followed, along came supermarkets with associated massive petrol stations selling fuel at much lower prices. It was their competitive pricing that resulted in the widespread closure of small petrol stations, as they just didn’t have the buying power to compete. The number of ICE cars rose in that period by tens of millions. In fact in 1970 there was only one third of the cars on the road that there are today. Other than during the couple of tanker driver strikes that I can recall, I’ve not met anyone who has struggled to find fuel for their ICE car, nor will they for many many years to come.
I fully accept that we are on a progressive march towards an EV world, albeit it won’t be at the speed that the current targets suggest, which is why they will have to change. I’m fortunate that I can charge at home, as I do with our PHEV, but I feel really sorry for those who would have to be totally reliant on the expensive public charging network, and I can fully understand why those folk will cling on to their ICE cars for many years to come. I would do the same if I was in their position. Equally, I completely understand that for some people, such as yourself, EVs suit their needs perfectly – and that’s great.
Sometimes it’s good to be able to loosen the blinkers a bit and be able to see that with cars, one size doesn’t fit all and everybody’s needs are different. I really don’t understand all the defensiveness should anyone dare to offer a view that EVs are still some way off being the perfect solution for everyone. We are all adults after all, and able to make our own decisions and have our own opinions.