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They weren't actually banned then, they had been unlawful since November 2003 when we were subject to the EU wide Two and Three Wheel Motor Vehicle Type Approval Law . That contained an exemption for pedelecs from being considered motor vehicles, subject to them only having a maximum 250 Watt...

I was speaking of charging of course, which does not cause damage below zero degrees until much lower temperatures are reached, as I showed. And what you say about car systems is not true in this respect as I mentioned again with car batteries that either don't have heating and cooling systems...

"Grandfather Rights" The old 1983 EAPC regulations did not specify how pedelec power was to be applied, leaving the door open for any method including fully acting throttles. However the 2015 amendments to EU law barred such throttles, power only allowed by pedalling to be truly assist in...

I disagree with the above I've highlighted in bold, the electric car world is far more experienced with large lithium ion batteries and nowhere more so than Norway. That country sits across the arctic circle and for years well over half of all new car registrations has been for electric cars...

That's the propaganda. To neatly sum up, not possible with poor air quality thoughout the whole system, including the four deep lines through sharing the same stations. At least 80% of it needs shutting down for a total rebuild, but of course that isn't possible. So we're stuck with the...

No, sufficient modernising hasn't been done, since it's impossible without long term shutdown and replacement. Most of our underground system is an antique, the penalty of being first. .

Threw mine away decades ago, and the hallways in our flats had them taken out. Same reason: Useless things, get a bit cold and the low PP3 battery beeps in the night drive everyone mad. .

Dig a hole in the garden, drop it in and cover it with soil. It will sort itself out eventually. If you haven't got a garden, put it in the oven, that doesn't mind getting very hot for a while. ;) .

Many coroners don't agree. .

Effective against errant car drivers though ! But risks a manslaughter charge if it's use causes a pedestrian's fatal heart attack. :( .

Agreed, I took my Air-Zound horn off for that reason. .

Indeed, the public pay lip service to tackling climate change, but in truth share the position of the COP negotiators, stating what is necessary and then expecting everyone else to apply it. Nimby as always. Sunak probably will announce a five year delay in the ban on ic cars, which is already...

Indeed, points I've made extensively during our Brexit debating. Their model works so well thanks to its inherent fairness and justice. But Britain's powerful influencers, backed by the US hatred of any form of socialism, ensure such policies remain an impossibly distant prospect. .

Maybe not, but who to replace him with? Johnson? No, they wouldn't get away with that. And the rest of the old guard are unlikely, all tainted with either Brexit, Covid mishandling, personal faux-pas or the period of rapid PM and policy changes. Sunak is astute, he might yet pull off winning...

True. But let's see. South Korea took 4 years to build each one of their 21 PWRs. They hold the world record for building one in just two years. We have just one PWR which took us a staggering 14 years to build. So at that sort of pace we may achieve an experimental molten salt thorium...

More taxpayers isn't an answer, since we all live on an excess of imports, in short each extra person is extra national debt. We need more tax per person, but with the national debt at the close of 2022 being £38,000 per citizen, personal taxation will never clear it, short of turning the...

Indeed. Just another indication that we will have to rejoin the EU in some form, or get used to neverending decline into poverty. There's no third option. .

It's you who can't get anything right, the so called whistle blowers haven't revealed anything. London's underground has had the worst pollution problem for many decades, long before Sadiq Khan held any London office. That's simply because of it's age and historic tunnel designs making...

Obviously originally intended for the US market in Connecticut and Idaho where 30mph is permitted with 750 watts. Maybe even hoping for dodgy sales in Louisiana and Pennsylvania where 25mph is the limit. More recently class 3 e-bikes have been adopted by certain states, Maryland and Virginia...

Indeed, she's not letting go with her opposition to the current approach. But I can't see anyone buying her ideas with the national debt at present excessive and rising levels. It would be a good start point for a country with little debt wanting to increase productivity. For us though it...