Writing on the Wall

[Martin Cassini]

The writing about peak oil and climate change has been on the wall for decades, so the government's announcement about support for electric cars is overdue. It's not clear if they are finally getting round to subsidising manufacturers, or only making empty offers to consumers. Most electric cars or hybrids are unattractive, unaffordable or unpractical. Also, as I've said before, when we're driving "green" cars, will we still be subject to all the oppressive traffic controls currently in force?