What do you propose we do, continue as we are, let the climate disaster develop and then the whole world lose their lives not just their livelyhood?
Things are developing rapidly, I have a close friend who works for a company converting heavy vehicles to electric. Amongst their most successful conversions are dustbin lorries, they can run for 2 days on one charge, obviously cheaper to run and whole vehicle is less complex with electric driven hydraulic pumps rather than engine driven ones. They have also converts some buses which dependent on location can be quite a good fit too.
I suppose it depends on the vehicle, if they using long range model 3 it shouldnt be a problem, on the other hand if its a Corsa E it may be. It's all down to spec really, I've seen the ICE cars run out of fuel during chase and indeed the helicopter so it's really a major issue, just requires the appropriate planning.
I started life with British Aerospace making missile guidance systems, then along came Glasnost, and that went out the window. I joined Toshiba air conditioning, then the Japanese economy collapsed and they sold off the factory in the UK. Got a job with Nortel networks, then the dot.com bubble burst . Then the factories got outsourced to China, and totally fed up with engineering, I retrained as an electrician , because there will always be a need for sparkies whilst there's houses in the UK. 17 years later it's the most stable employment I've ever had, and will take me to retirement in a few years.
I've not seen a Police EV yet, sounds a bit like internet nonsense to me, but I could be wrong.
Ok my bad, Gloucester police have been trying EVs
saying 'EV's' doesn't really give the right picture does it, Porsche Taycan and a Golf E would fit the category but oh my, what different machines they are.
Maybe your a Jinx
Thing is, electric vehicles are generally much faster than ICE ones so the Golf EV might well be faster than a Porsche ICE anyway. As you say, very different machines.
Exactly. I've never really understood the 'but I'm a miner, where am I going to find another job' mentality. I know Tebbut was ridiculed for his 'get on your bike' comments int he 80s but the fact remains that no one is owed a living and you have go go find your own way to earn a living. Granted it's not always easy but what's the alternative?
Depends what you mean by 'the loads are too much'. Heavy plant certainly needs powerful engines but I doubt that the prime mover aspect (ie ICE vs electric motor) is the problem. After all, we've had electric trains for decades so there should be little doubt that and electric motor can functionally replace an ICE, indeed it will probably out-perform it, as we're seeing with most EVs on the road today.
Nope, should have gone into a non shrinking industry, like lawMaybe your a Jinx
. I nearly ended up as an Insolvency Examiner with the DTI, would have earned far more money 
Nope, should have gone into a non shrinking industry, like law
In my lifetime my careers have changed - Steelwork Electrician (apprenticeship) - Service Engineer Avery Weigh Scales - Software and Hardware Designer Microprocessor Control Systems - I.T. Shop Retailer - Academy Network Manager - Driving Instructor - Offshore Remotely Operated Vehicle Pilot/Technician - Contract Programmer in USA - Civil Aviation Authority Examiner and Trainer for commercial drone operations - Now RETIRED!! As you say, we all need to embrace change.
Always looking ahead, and getting the occasional lucky break helps. I've also managed to turn down some very good opportunities, like programming. It's also fair to say I was blessed with a good brain, I'm crap at kicking footballs though
It's probably closer to 50, Silent Power in Runcorn was closed around 25 years ago after developing sodium sulphur batteries for EV's because the US government bactracked on EV's after lobbying from the oil companies
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