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By: L.ROSSI

L.ROSSI — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:30:43 +0000

Would I receive any grant or financial assistants if I were to change my fleet of driving school cars from petrol to electric powered vehicles?

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Electric Technology – Politics Unlimited | UK politics news — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:51:53 +0000

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By: Anne Amos

Anne Amos — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:04:04 +0000

If I come across Top Gear on TV I switch off. The programme should be banned. It encourages young drivers to drive recklessly and dangerously. They are both overgrown senseless school boys. Don’t the manufacturers realize that this programme discourages sales of cars because of the irresponsible attitude of the programme. Think about it?

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By: jaq

jaq — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:07:09 +0000

Mikey – are you sure it’s only 58% ??

Just wondering. And what about the by-products of petroleum production? If demand for petroleum decreased I mean. I still say if public transport was better and small communities had the amenities they once had then fewer people would drive. Train prices can be ridiculously expensive. And most cars have only one person in them.

I agree with you that if we changed to flying by goose then the government would tax geese somehow.

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By: Mikey

Mikey — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:37:34 +0000

“It was an electric car, and it cost him about a penny a mile to run”

It may cost a penny to run now but if everyone was doing it then taxes would go up elsewhere.
Look at Diesel prices; as soon as there were enough people using them to reduce the petrol fuel tax revenue diesel tax revenue was increased.

As things stand tax on fuel is roughly 58% (duty tax,Value Added Tax on the petrol – and the Value Added Tax on the duty tax). Tax would have to be added to electricity sales to make up the margins; Automotive Recharge Tax, anyone?

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By: angela

angela — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:29:29 +0000

Geez what an appalling programme TOP GEAR is! I didn’t understand one single word of anything they were saying, and it was all about lumps of metal and plugs and muddy, dirty places. The presenters were butch guys who looked as though they punched people for no reason. Boris was quite sweet, apart from that TERRIBLE.

As for the car thing, soon we will probably access parallel universes and we will be able to use the power of the mind to transport ourselves into different dimensions, so all this car stuff will be defunct.

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By: Dave Baynham

Dave Baynham — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:00:21 +0000

Dear Boris

I watched Top Gear last night and haven’t laughed so much in ages, your interview with Jeremy Clarkson was just genius….though your driving could do with a little bit of a heavier right foot

Thanks for the laughs

Dave

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By: D Cage

D Cage — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:33:15 +0000

Electric cars will not be a practical proposition for at least ten years even if heavily subsidised to speed its introduction. It will take at least three years to develop ones that even an Eco freak want to buy let alone some normal sane non city driver. After this it will take at least three years to get into limited production and get the bugs which will be many and serious, ironed out. Once this has been done productiuion can be scaled up if generating capacity and infrastructure are in place.
Instead of the Routemaster Boris how about a new generation trolley bus. They were killed off firstly by cheap oil ( Tears of nostalgia being wiped away by many who remember this.) and secondly by pick up arms dropping off the wires at the points.
The latter problem is now easily soluble because the better batteries will easily allow travel between stops where sufficient charge can be added to the batteries via automatically raised and lowered computer controlled pickup arms.

Even with these electric buses how can the additional load be supplied when the government is dominated by the same people who have ensured we have no nuclear power. The same people who blocked the Severn estuary hydro electric scheme and the same people who have forced us to pay hand over fist for wind farms. Changing to the Conservatives won’t help as long as their paymasters are funding the acquittal of eco vandals.
My aged Clio is overdue for replacement but who would chance buying a replacement petrol car while Eco nuts rule with no idea of reality. This clearly includes you as you have shown by your inability, brashly flaunted by comparing a no expense spared one off vehicle using unsustainable rare metals in the batteries with a budget mass production vehicle.
As for taking the train as one comment suggests where do trains go other than to other cities?

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By: Gaynor Lloyd

Gaynor Lloyd — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:51:37 +0000

Boris, now that you’re a convert to the zero enission car – can you posibly jst re-think the lower/zero congestion charge for these excellent vehicles sorry to drone on but we did get a Clio eco – warrior especially so my poor RSI-ridden IT whizz of a husband could scrape a slightly less meagre return on necessary trips into town to assist his (slightly less IT literate)clientele. if you have been, thanks for listenbing.PS after rome was great. you should use conditioner on your hair though – and lengthen those suit trousers…but brilliant programme – and absolutely right for the times. and great academics you spoke to, i could go on but it would be progressively duller.

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By: Balal

Balal — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:50:42 +0000

God, people do take things seriously don’t they? I just wanted to say that in my opinion After Rome has been superb so far and I love Top Gear also.

So pooh to all the naysayers.

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