Accrington Observer

ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS

- A.P. Moxham Mill Lane, Great Harwood

ABOUT electric vehicles being the future, we see problems that are now been brought up all the time.

There are not enough public charging points, there is a target for 300,000 by 2030 at the present time there are only about 27,000.

But there now seems to be a more worrying problem with electric vehicles that were never mentioned or thought about. With electric vehicles being 33% heavier than petrol and diesel vehicles, there are

strong suggestion­s that many multi-storey car parks could be in danger of collapsing due to the extra weight of electric vehicles, not to mention many bridges that carry large volumes of traffic daily been under a similar possibilit­y of collapsing.

What will happen in 2030 if we have a severe winter and there are millions or electric vehicles been charged, could the electric network handle such a large volume of use?

We were warned that if we had a severe winter today the electric network would suffer

breakdown and large areas would’ve without electricit­y for considerab­le times.

Over the next few years nuclear power stations are being decommissi­oned, and new ones that are under constructi­on take 15 to 20 years to complete.

We have solar and wind power, but depending on the weather some will not reach capacity.

Now today there is suggestion­s that if the car industry has problems with the supply chain, for components for electric batteries, that could cause these car

manufactor­ies to leave Britain.

Problems that were never thought about when the population was told that electric vehicles were the future for the country and more importantl­y the planet.

Today we are been informed that global warming will exceed the 1.5C by 2025 and 2027.

But who is telling the truth, and who will make millions from such things, but more importantl­y will the people of this country be the all round losers?

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