Incentives are nice. But you have to remember their limits. The massive price increases in doing anything make oil fuel replacement a big capital cost. And buying an EV to replace the battered old ha… (View Post)

You are guilty of not living in an urban flat and cycling everywhere. I can afford to live in a part of London, where several fair sized supermarkets are 5 minutes walk from me. Where I can walk in l… (View Post)

It’s inelastic in the short and medium term - that means it is *relatively* slow to change as price changes. People will drive to work and to the supermarket, even if prices rise. Until they can’t. E… (View Post)

Not even paid well. See the genre of videos showing steel works in India, with workers wearing safety flip flops. They aren’t earning much. (View Post)

For a large chunk of the population, driving is as important as the water supply. I get that they tend to be rural and so, for some, sympathy is hard. But there’s a reason that fuel prices and recess… (View Post)