EV money

One issue which is seldom discussed, or even menti on ed, is how the Scottish Government will replace the current £30 billion annual revenue from vehicles as a consequence of their diktat banning the future sale of fossil-fuelled vehicles and their replacement by electrically driven vehicles (EVS).

At the moment EVS enjoy the useo flower cost electricity which does not incur the equivalent of fuel taxes (fuel duty plus VAT ). This will not prevail for much longer. Financial estimates suggest an average of some £1000 per annum payment perve hicle will have to be recovered –hopefully this will not be accommodated by further increasing electricity prices for all. Utopia does not exist!

GM LINDSAY Whinfield Gardens, Kinross

Friends of the Earth chief Richard Dixon speaks the usual nonsense about climate and oil in his latest Scotsman article (Perspective, 21 May).

He talks about Friends of the Ear th UK and Friends of the Earth Mozambique. Why don’t they set up Friends of the Earth China and Friends of the

Ear th India – after all, these two countries burn 2,707 and 693 million tonnes of fossil fuel respectively, compared to the UK’S 153 million tonnes annually.

He also talks about moving to a “low- carbon” infra - structure. Two simplest atistics strongly suggest that this is impossible, despite all the money spent so far. To the nearest whole numb er, the proportion of the world’s energy that comes from wind is 1 p er cent. To the nearest whole number, the proportion of the world’s energy that comes from solar is zero. GEOFF MOORE

Braeface Park, Alness, Highland

Climate alarmist Richard Dixon wants us to leave oil, gas and coal in the ground.

But wind machines need oil for their gearboxes, and steel for their towers. You cannot make steel without co king coal. Half of our electricty is generated by gas. If we were to follow Friends of the Earth’s advice our economic system would collapse.

WILLIAM LONESKIE

Justice Park, Oxton, Lauder