Electric cars - running costs.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

If it's a hybrid, depends on the size of the fuel tank.

[bert]

In article , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

You don't say.

[bert]

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A fine example of EU red tape.

[Vir Campestris]

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Andy

[Vir Campestris]

Petrol for a boat is road petrol. Diesel for a boat can be red diesel. Sometimes... the law is complex.

Andy

[Dave Plowman (News)]

You've Googled to find out what a hybrid is? Did you understand it?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

You don't understand the principle of a fuel being used purely for pleasure purposes attracting duty, then?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Quite. When the decision was made to have two types of diesel, it may not have been anticipated how much pleasure boating with diesels there would be.

[Max Demian]

If fuel duty is to pay for roads, why should boats pay for them?

[charles]

I feel the same way when I buy fuel for my lawnmower.

[fred]

Up until recently it was permissible to use red/green diesel in boats.The EU put a stop to that. In Ireland they expect you to keep a total of your annual duty free purchases and send a check for the tax to the revenue. Right.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Can you give an example of any ring fenced tax? The TV licence would be the closest one.

Does the duty on alcohol all get spent on making pubs nicer? ;-)

[AnthonyL]

If fuel duty and road tax revenues were spent on roads they would indeed be paved with gold.

Now general revenue is going to have start subsidising the road user as people go electric. Next thing is that we'll have to stop heating our water and using airconditioners to make up for the power shortfall.

[Huge]

Oh, don't "worry". The State will find some way to "recover the income".

[Andy Bennet]

There is more than enough spare grid capacity overnight and weekends to recharge every vehicle an average of 2 times per week.

[John Rumm]

Or to put it another way - nowhere near enough capacity.

(and that is before you start moving significant parts of the transport and heating load onto the electrical system)

[charles]

the Grid might stand it, but will the local ditribution network?

[bert]

In article , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

I understand you are a total dick and expert only at stating the bleeding obvious.

[bert]

Because some petty bureaucrat in Brussels saw at as boats getting away with something and changed the usage definition to "transportation" That is their only raison d'?tre. After Brexit we can allow boats to use red diesel if we wish.

[bert]

So how will you stop people charging a) in the evenings b) every evening?