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A Political Calling?

28th June 201728th June 2017 by Chris

Are politics and the church strange bedfellows?
We have a strange tradition called the … …read more…

Categories Blog, Opinion, Politics Tags Liberal Democrats, Politics

A Bright Future?

6th December 20166th December 2016 by Chris

I recall how, back in the eighties and nineties, we saw the increases in automation and computerisation as the solution … …read more…

Categories Blog, Business Matters, Opinion Tags Election, Financial-Advice, Later Life, Liberal Democrats, Money, pensions

Discouraging Pensions Freedom Buy-To-Let

5th January 201723rd November 2016 by Chris

The British love affair with rental property combined with the new pension freedoms is … …read more…

Categories Blog, Business Matters, Opinion Tags economy, Financial-Advice, investment, Money, pensions, Sustainable Investing

Who for the next PM – that must interest us all

23rd August 201630th June 2016 by Chris

parliament-logoShortIf, like me, you are not a Tory do bear in mind that the party’s vote is for … …read more…

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Sunday – Politics and Greed?

10th March 201610th March 2016 by Chris

QmarkNow, someone please help me. I am having a problem with this idea … …read more…

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Banks Don’t Have Obligation to Promote Public Good

1st February 20161st February 2016 by Chris

AAcoinstack60transThey create money. They speculate wildly on markets causing economic and social … …read more…

Categories Business Matters, Opinion Tags banking, economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing

Don’t We All Want a Place to Live?

23rd August 201628th November 2015 by Chris

bwhouseIn his Autumn Statement the chancellor addressed the issue of housing in a way … …read more…

Categories Blog, Business Matters, Opinion Tags economy, green, Green Issues, Malvern, Malvern Women in Business, Sustainable Investing, Worcestershire UK

If They Spoil Your Name?

17th November 201517th November 2015 by Chris

Jill Campbell has run the Isis Boutique in Malvern, for seven years. But … …read more…

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Property Sales Down but NIMBYs Push Prices Up

1st October 201531st August 2015 by Chris

Property sales down 15%, but prices up, says Land Registry – all due to … …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

Fossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF

1st October 201519th May 2015 by Chris

Fossil fuel companies are benefitting from global subsidies of $5.3tn … …read more…

Categories Business Matters, EV, Opinion Tags Ethical Investing, Fossil Fuel, global warming, green, Green Issues, investment, Money, Politics, Sustainable Investing, zero emmissions

Election Woes on FaceBook

1st May 20151st May 2015 by Chris

How do we ever get an election result when there is so much frustration, anger … …read more…

Categories Opinion Tags Election, Liberal Democrats, Politics

Did Conservatives orchestrate the letter?

30th April 201528th April 2015 by Chris

How the Conservatives orchestrated the letter from business leaders – and … …read more…

Categories Opinion Tags Politics

Election Politics – Useful Guide

1st October 20159th April 2015 by Chris

The BBC has published a really useful guide on part policies … …read more…

Categories Opinion Tags Politics

Tired of Election Politics

1st October 20157th April 2015 by Chris

It is said that we get the politics we deserve. Don’t vote and … …read more…

Categories Opinion Tags Election, Liberal Democrats, Politics

Just where IS cash going

30th April 20151st April 2015 by Jan Oliff

When we were younger we may have thought how our great … …read more…

Categories Business Matters, Opinion Tags economy, Financial-Advice, investment, Malvern Women in Business, Money, Sustainable Investing

Financial Scams and Pensions

30th April 201531st March 2015 by Jan Oliff

It’s almost the tax year end and the usual ‘Inland Revenue‘ scams abound … …read more…

Categories Business Matters, Opinion Tags annuities, Business Women, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, investment, Malvern Women in Business, pensions, Sustainable Investing, Women in business

Dot Everyone

30th April 201531st March 2015 by Chris

Jan received a tweet from a long time client in Bristol mentioning this. The site … …read more…

Categories Business Matters, Opinion Tags Business Women, Malvern Women in Business, Women in business

Liberal Democrats to make Britain zero carbon by 2050

30th April 201519th March 2015 by Jan Oliff

This year the outcome for the General Election in the UK is so … …read more…

Categories Ecology, Opinion Tags carbon emmissions, Ecology, green, zero emmissions

International Women’s day

30th April 20159th March 2015 by Jan Oliff

What does it mean to me? The newspapers, BBC and other radio stations are giving … …read more…

Categories Business Matters, Opinion Tags Business Women, Malvern Women in Business, Women in business

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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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