Good politicians should have the public interest at heart. What does this guy stand for? What is he good at? Stabbing his allies in the back, stealing a premiership and the votes of millions who didn’t vote for him, oh…
The Law
Contacting the Police is Impossible
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About a month ago, I spotted one of the uninsured illegal scooters on the road. There are many round here, electric scooters, motorcycles, quads, all ridden by youngsters wearing balaclavas. They went into the car park of a local shop…
Travel
Motorway queues at night – why close down to one lane?
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Coming back from Manchester airport at 9pm last night, after a 3 hour flight, it took 2 hours to get home. Why? There were three separate motorway closures in thirty miles, all either closing the motorway fully or bringing it…
Climate Change, Electric Cars
Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car
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If this article is anything to go by, its another nail in the coffin of these so called green things that are anything but. It turns out that if your electric car is involved in an accident of any kind,…
Climate Change, Electric Cars
Electric Cars: A very bad investment?
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Electric is very expensive to insure, compared to petrol or diesel. Looking at PCP rates, the finance companies don’t have much confidence in them holding their value. So you buy a £50,000 Tesla, who is going to give you £15,000…
Health, Losing Weight
Statins only have an effect in 1 in 300 people
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I am just reading yet another book, this one is very interesting, titled “The Changing Mind” by Daniel Levitin – A neuroscientists guide to aging well. I would like to quote a paragraph – hopefully Daniel won’t mind as I’m…
Politics
Socialism doesn’t work: It never really has
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You don’t have to look far beyond the obvious examples: the USSR and lets not forget, the Nazi’s – National Socialists. Socialism results in the politicians at the top living in luxury while the majority of the people are in…
Climate Change, Electric Cars, Politics
A massive task: getting to Carbon Zero for the average person/family/company/country
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As I related in a recent post about electric car emissions (Electric Cars are not emission free: How much CO2 do they actually produce? – Food for Thinking (foodforthinkingblog.com)), electric cars are not emission free, nowhere near and they might…
Electric Cars, Politics
Self Driving Cars: Are they safe?
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I am very worried about this. I don’t think all the extra power and then all the electronics to try to make things safe is the way forward. We could have cars that can do 100mpg, 200mpg, not ones that…
Electric Cars
Electric Cars are not emission free: How much CO2 do they actually produce?
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When marketing campaigns get involved playing nice music and trying to make people feel good about spending tens of thousands on the latest technology. How good actually is it? Importantly, how much CO2 is produced when you drive your electric…