I was going to swap the Jag for something else but because diesel has now been given such a bad name it is worth SFA so I will hang on to it as long as I can. The result will be an ecological saving for the planet.
Yep, there's a big difference between overall trends and specific cases.
Would it be a good idea for us to use modes of transport with lower CO2 emissions? Yes, absolutely.
Does this mean we all have to ditch our ICE vehicles and switch to BEV? Of course not. On an individual basis, the easiest way to reduce our footprint is to walk and cycle more, drive less, and keep what cars we do have for longer.
If we do need to buy a new car, then we need to be planning on keeping it for more than just a couple of years, and if we're going to be doing more than say 10k miles a year we definitely need to be thinking about an EV.
To my mind, what's going to change most people's minds is peer pressure and societal expectations. In the 1970's it was entirely normal and widely encouraged that people should smoke cigarettes. Now smokers are widely shunned and treated as outcasts. In 10 to 15 years time the same will be true of ICE car drivers.
