Move over petrolhead… here comes the fully electric car
Tuesday 18th November 2008, 2:29PM GMT.
The Megra electric car on display at last night’s showcase event at Beau Sejour. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0673285)
THE FUTURE of electric transport was showcased at Beau Sejour last night.
Fully electric cars, a motorcycle and a number of bicycles were on show and representatives from vehicle companies and environmental groups were pushing the message that electric transportation is right for Guernsey.
Guernsey Climate Action Network member Richard Lord said the event should broaden the vehicles’ appeal.
‘Electric car technology is becoming increasingly economically viable, as well as more environmentally friendly,’ he said.
This was the beginning of a new era. ‘If the present trend continues, the world’s oil supply will run out this century and it costs more and more as it goes – but these cars cost less than one pence per mile to run.’
He said the full significance of the impact of traffic pollution could no longer be overlooked.
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Whilst the above is a step in the right direction it feels as though we are putting the cart in front of the horse. We need to start cashing in on all the free electric that our shores can provide us with. These cars may even become a gift from what the Island makes once we have embraced the technology. How would that look to others! A state that has a massive car pool that is free due to the fact that they are using what they have and are doing very nicely from it. All this negativity will quickly become positivity. Whilst I have no gripes with these cars themselves it is a shame that the technology is becoming available to us before we can grasp the fact that we can also run them for next to nothing! How long is it going to be before we stop trying to protect what we have and start to think about what could have?
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