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Strawberry Time

25th April 201627th June 2015 by Chris

Yesterday we harvested our first crop of strawberries for tea – and still some … …read more…

Categories House & Garden Tags strawberries, summer fruit

Gender Gap in Pensions and Why I became a Financial Adviser

1st October 201526th June 2015 by Jan Oliff

The recent publication of research showing the European wide gap in … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Financial-Advice, investment, Money, pensions, Women in business

Tidal Lagoon Go Ahead

23rd August 201625th June 2015 by Chris

I has been announced that the proposed Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay, … …read more…

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Now I Can Charge my iPhone as I Shop

23rd August 201624th June 2015 by Chris

I am accustomed to stopping en-route to get my car charged whilst I have … …read more…

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If I were a rich man . . .

1st October 201524th June 2015 by Chris

If I could afford any car I like it would probably be the … …read more…

Categories EV Tags zero emmissions, [EV] Electric Vehicle

Decarboning your investments

1st October 201522nd June 2015 by Jan Oliff

Decarboning your investments, pensions, ISAs and trust funds,  is not just … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing

Earlier end to subsidies for new UK onshore wind farms

23rd August 201622nd June 2015 by Jan Oliff

There are currently 5,061 onshore turbines in the UK, producing … …read more…

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One Third of Over-65s in England Never use it!

1st October 201522nd June 2015 by Jan Oliff

Is this a problem created by planners or an obvious outcome from the past … …read more…

Categories Opinion Tags bus, train, transport

The truth behind sustainable investing

1st October 201515th June 2015 by Jan Oliff

Sustainability Investing and how it can work for the triple bottom … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, green, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing

My two main themes

1st October 201515th June 2015 by Jan Oliff

Anyone familiar with me and my articles will recognise that I have two … …read more…

Categories Ecology Tags economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing, Women in business

Pension Providers’ u-turn Disappointing

1st October 20159th June 2015 by Jan Oliff

Pensions Minister Ros Altmann has expressed her “disappointment” with pension … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Financial-Advice, investment, Money, pensions

Back to rehearsals TfO Community Band

1st October 20158th June 2015 by Chris

The TfO Community Band exists to bring on young players and adults who … …read more…

Categories Blog Tags Band, Concert Band, Film Orchestra, Music, TfO, The Film Orchestra, Wind Band

Can older women can solve economic problems?

1st October 20156th June 2015 by Jan Oliff

We once admired older men who continued to run the country, the … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Business Women, Financial-Advice, pensions, Women in business

How ageing workers can boost the economy

1st October 20156th June 2015 by Jan Oliff

A retirement revolution is needed in the Western world. As life … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Business Women, Financial-Advice, investment, Later Life, Older workers, pensions, Women in business

The Social Investment Academy

1st October 20156th June 2015 by Jan Oliff

On the 4th June 2015 I had the pleasure of attending the Social … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags economy, Financial-Advice, Money, Sustainable Investing

Time to run low on power

1st October 20153rd June 2015 by Chris

With most of my journeys local and short I have rarely gone below … …read more…

Categories EV Tags Car battery, Nissan Leaf, zero emmissions, [EV] Electric Vehicle

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RuAndChris2014 Ecology : Electric Vehicles : Political notes and more

October 2015

FotBlogMouse140Oslo, Norway’s capital, like most of the Scandinavian country’s cities and towns, boasts bus-lane access for electric vehicles (EVs), recharging stations aplenty, privileged parking, and toll-free travel for electric cars. The initiative began in the 1990s as an effort to cut pollution, congestion, and noise in urban centres; now its primary rationale is combating climate change. Today, Norway has the highest per capita number of all-electric [battery only] cars in the world: more than 100,000 in a country of 5.2 million people. Last year, EVs constituted nearly 40% of the nation’s newly registered passenger cars. Norway is the clear electric vehicle pacesetter in Europe, which now has about 500,000 electric vehicles.

And the Norwegian experiment shows every sign of accelerating. Earlier this year, Norway opened the world’s largest fast-charging station, which can charge up to 28 vehicles in about half an hour.

FotBlogMouse140 Hackney Council has installed the first publicly accessible on-street rapid charging posts for electrical vehicles in London, so increasing the charging options of EV users in the capital.
The three units, which are supplied by APT Technologies a leading innovator in EV charging solutions, are the very latest Tri-Rapid Chargers and are located in Shoreditch, Dalston and Hackney Central.

FotBlogMouse140China leads the world in EV usage, with about 600,000 all-electric vehicles on its roads and an ambitious plan to deploy 5m EVs by 2020.

FotBlogMouse140Wind power generates 140% of Denmark's electricity demand http://bit.ly/1IOI0jV 
Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too

 


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Driving an Electric Car

Most people drive less than 40 miles on a journey, including commuting. So, with a comfortable range for a Leaf of over 80 miles on a full charge and a possible range of rather more than 90, one charge at home, over night, gives enough for the following day's driving.
But there are times we want to drive much further so here is a clip from Chris Ramsay about driving very long distances.

Driving an electric car is so unlike being a petrol head
- it is a way of travelling that is more relaxing even in traffic;
and it is so much quieter, cleaner and very, very economical.

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