Electric warriors

In the rush by politicians to be seen to be Green it is the taxpayer and the motorist who suffer. Thinking that the UK’S electric cars can save the planet is laughable when there are 1.2 billion petrol/diesel vehicles in the world and only 37.5 million in the UK (in Scotland 2.9m). Looking through their green-tinted glasses, local authorities and government departments have rushed to install expensive charging points for electric vehicles and the majority provide this electricity free of charge. Why should the taxpayers who cannot afford a new car, far less an electric one, pay?

Any competent government would have put the burden for the installation network onto those companies which manufacturer electric vehicles, perhaps as a charge (no pun intended) for every car sold. In addition, someone who can afford and electric car should pay a “connection” levy and not get the government grant of up to £4,500 on his vehicle.

CLARK CROSS Springfield Road, Linlithgow