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Last week I posted Rowan Atkinson's piece in which he cast doubt on the current viability fo & some of you replied with opposing analyses suggesting EVs can & should be more widely used & are already helping battle the

Now the Guardian itself has put up an extensive debunking of Atkinson's anti- arguments, which I am also happy to post - not least as much will be familiar to you from last weeks' comments in the timeline

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Fact check: why Rowan Atkinson is wrong about electric vehiclesBy Simon Evans

Meanwhile in a new record is set;

Saturday saw temperatures reach 44.1C in its northern Thanh Hoa province; this breaks the previous world record set 4 years ago.

We may have move from talking about to , but the current in and the ongoing multi-year drought continue to show that having produced ever more eruptive weather, is pushing up peak temperatures as well the overall average.

Check your stocks of !

So much for 'beyond petroleum', BPs vacuous adverts of the last few years - looks like their in will be double those in in 2023... am I surprised - of course not - is a key problem that must be resolved if we are serious about tackling the
theguardian.com/business/2022/

The GuardianBP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energyBy Alex Lawson