Can't I just keep my car a plant a few trees - or get someone in a third world country to do it for me?
Still probably greener than alternatives and that's what really matters.
Unfortunately not... difficult to integrate into the grid due to unpredictability of wind... Which is one reason so many are sat not running. Hydro and solar much better as more predictable and in the case in the case of hydro it rains most in the winter when electrical demand is highest.
Still manages to provide 28% of UK energy requirements on average.
Put freight back on the railways... have to travel by rail to the closest station. That would make a difference... very unlikely to happen though as the rail infrastructure isn’t there anymore
Scrap HS2 and create the infrastructure. Shows how little any detail has actually been considered before the dramatic news headlines are delivered to the public, scareing them half to death.
This is exactly what used to happen in NZ. The law was that if goods could go by rail they had to go by rail. You saw relatively few HGVs on the road between cities and those you did were usually carrying livestock or timber. Everything else went by rail.
It would make a huge difference, the changes to make it work would be huge though to infrastructure, scheduling and passenger services though. I can’t see it going ahead although I’d like to see it.
It does.
No reason constant speed should reduce range. Regen braking only recovers energy already expended and is not 100% efficient. It's not energy for nothing unless your start point is higher than your end point and you aren't making a return journey.
