Petrol ban now 2030

[Tony Griffiths]

Germany removed a large number of coal fired power stations to appease the greens and went for green  power they found their costs went through the roof...

Spot on, Denis. I've read that and other reports and agree with them all. The man-made-climate-change-we-are all-going-to die is a giant scam. In Germany, the thousand of "middle firms" went ballistic when the energy reforms were proposed (these were all EU regulations by the way) and even large companies like VW threatened to leave the country. They were pacified by "amendments" to the regulations - resulting in the German government being taken to the ECJ for breaking State-aid rules, with many other cases outstanding against them. What a mess.
Worried about the amount of energy you use? If the 65-million UK population vanished tomorrow that's just 0.02% of the three billion people worldwide who use solid fuels (often wood) for cooking and heating. In Africa it's 77% (a figure increasing); Southeast Asia 61%; Western Pacific 46%; Eastern Mediterranean 35% and still around 20% in Europe and the Americas.
So, for every one of us, there are 47 people chucking wood and coal on fires and dreaming of the day that they too can have a car, fridge, freezer, TV, air-conditioning, power tools, etc. Ah! must go, the coalman arriving - we still have an open fire...

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Well, every cloud has a silver lining: I live over the Nottinghamshire coalfields, where it will not be possible to drill deep enough for a successful heat pump, so at least we shall be spared extensive future new house development ... or not 

Mike, with your lovely large-floor area garage, you could drill down and extract the coal...Here you go, the neighbours will love it - and not only that, it uses an Austin 7 engine! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...house.html