Govt ban on petrol and diesel sometime?
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:23 pm
Hi all
I'm sure a few would have seen the news today that the Govt want to ban sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040.
If not then look here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40731164
And do you know what? Now might be a good idea to invest in an electricity company.
Because over the next few years, once production and thence sales of electric vehicles build up, and the infrastructure gets built to recharge the vehicles, I can foresee that leccy prices are going to have to go up. (as someone has to pay for all the new cabling that will be needed...).
Which is probably also going to mean that crunching data on BOINC (or it's replacement) won't be as cheap as it is now (not that it's that cheap now, but you get my point?).
Plus, the Govt are going to lose out on approx £27.9bn in tax revenue (based on 2016/17 data) which is approx 4% of the entire tax income of the country .
And the petrol/diesel companies won't be too happy either
Now, to be honest, by 2040, I'll be an OAP and BOINC would probably be dead and buried by then...even so, it is going to be a changing and challenging world that we must live in over the next 23 years !!
I can also see shades of "Mad Max" as people fight to get hold of the last dregs of petrol and diesel to fill up their Chelsea Tractors !! So, make sure your firearms licence is up to date !!
regards
Tim
I'm sure a few would have seen the news today that the Govt want to ban sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040.
If not then look here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40731164
And do you know what? Now might be a good idea to invest in an electricity company.
Because over the next few years, once production and thence sales of electric vehicles build up, and the infrastructure gets built to recharge the vehicles, I can foresee that leccy prices are going to have to go up. (as someone has to pay for all the new cabling that will be needed...).
Which is probably also going to mean that crunching data on BOINC (or it's replacement) won't be as cheap as it is now (not that it's that cheap now, but you get my point?).
Plus, the Govt are going to lose out on approx £27.9bn in tax revenue (based on 2016/17 data) which is approx 4% of the entire tax income of the country .
And the petrol/diesel companies won't be too happy either
Now, to be honest, by 2040, I'll be an OAP and BOINC would probably be dead and buried by then...even so, it is going to be a changing and challenging world that we must live in over the next 23 years !!
I can also see shades of "Mad Max" as people fight to get hold of the last dregs of petrol and diesel to fill up their Chelsea Tractors !! So, make sure your firearms licence is up to date !!
regards
Tim