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mber.org, at 04:17:46 on Fri, 28 Apr 2017, Recliner
remarked:
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/pr...l/tfl-drives-f
orward-18-million-electric-vehicle-scheme

I wonder what the National Grid thinks about these plans.
--
Roland Perry

The National Grid probably prefers not to think about them. The
pseudo-environmentalists who pretend to care about the environment
but who support anti-motorist measures that make air pollution much
worse will continue to assert that we should use less electricity!

Well, we are doing (slightly):

"Electricity generated in 2016 fell by 0.2 per cent from 339.1 TWh in 2015
to 338.6 TWh.

The UK’s primary energy demand is projected to fall by a total of 6% over
the next 10 years, before rising to 2% above current levels by the end of
2035."

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599539/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections_2016.pdf

Figure 4.2(b) shows very little migration towards electric cars, while
5.1 says we'll quadruple our imported electricity over the next decade.
--
Roland Perry