The Alliance of British Drivers, The Motorcycle Action Group and Fair Fuel share all the important stories about motoring, the environment and politics which affect us all on a day to day driving basis. Here are the headlines and the links you need to find out the truth.

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Global Climate/ Social/ Political Developments:

  1. NASA’s Lesotho Snow Images; Winter 2024-25: A Cold, Snowy Season Expected; Canada’s First -20C (-4F); Europe’s Latest Round Of Cooling; + The Noose:
    https://electroverse.info/nasas-lesotho-snow-images-winter-2024-25-a-cold-snowy-season-expected-canadas-first-20c-4f-europes-latest-round-of-cooling-the-noose/
  2. Another Colder Than Average Month In Antarctica; UK Prematurely Ends 142-Year Reliance On Coal Power; + The Noose Pt 2:
    https://electroverse.info/another-colder-than-average-month-in-antarctica-uk-prematurely-ends-142-year-reliance-on-coal-power-the-noose-pt-2/
  3. No discernible upward trend in extreme events, especially given improved modern detection & reporting:
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-natural-disaster-events?time=1954..2023&country=Flood~All+disasters~Drought~Extreme+temperature~Wildfire
  4. Snow In Both Hemispheres; Arctic Sea Ice Going Nowhere; + Hockey Sticks And Fairy Tales:
    https://electroverse.info/snow-in-both-hemispheres-arctic-sea-ice-going-nowhere-hockey-sticks-and-fairy-tales/
  5. Why Increased Arctic Temperatures Indicate Climate Cooling NOT A CLIMATE CRISIS!
    https://x.com/JimSteeleSkepti/status/1837660899949400081
    https://x.com/JimSteeleSkepti/status/1837893902957006949
  6. September Snow In Lapland; Another Polar Blast To Slam Southern Africa; October Snow For The Aussie Alps; The Return Of The Sausages; + Autumnal Cracks In Earth’s Magnetic Field:
    https://electroverse.info/september-snow-in-lapland-another-polar-blast-to-slam-southern-africa-october-snow-for-the-aussie-alps-the-return-of-the-sausages-autumnal-cracks-in-earths-magnetic-field/
  7. Arctic sea ice is growing at a record rate this month. This is the first time in recorded history the area has increased by more than one million km.sq. during the first three weeks of September:
    https://x.com/TonyClimate/status/1837841712984871024
  8. Big Cool Down For Europe; South Africa Update; + Climate Cult And Grifters:
    https://electroverse.info/big-cool-down-for-europe-south-africa-update-climate-cult-and-grifters/
  9. The natural cycles of earth for 800,000 years reveal an almost continually frozen world broken by warm peaks every 100,000 years. This ice age that has lasted 2.58 million years leaving massive scars across northern landscapes, including lakes gouged from rock. CO2 plays no part:
    https://x.com/PeterDClack/status/1836536387929280547
  10. Big Freeze And Early Snows In Mongolia; Trip To Mount Everest; Beartooth’s 4-Foot Drifts; Historic 8 Feet Of Snow Confirmed In The Alps; Valle Nevado, Chile Extends Ski Season Amid Record Snow; + NERC Warns Of Winter Gas Shortages:
    https://electroverse.info/big-freeze-and-early-snows-in-mongolia-trip-to-mount-everest-beartooths-4-foot-drifts-historic-8-feet-of-snow-confirmed-in-the-alps-valle-nevado-chile-extends-ski-season-amid-record-snow-ner/
  11. Snow In Montana; Cool Summer Reduces UK Butterfly Numbers; Antarctica Nears -112°F; + La Niña Odds Increased in NOAA’s Latest Update:
    https://electroverse.info/snow-in-montana-cool-summer-reduces-uk-butterfly-numbers-antarctica-nears-112f-la-nina-odds-increased-in-noaas-latest-update/
  12. Adelaide’s Coldest September Temperature In 100+ Years; New Zealand Buried; Historic Snow In The Alps; Britain’s High Court Blocks Coal Mine Permit; + Kp 7.67:
    https://electroverse.info/adelaides-coldest-september-temperature-in-100-years-new-zealand-buried-historic-snow-in-the-alps-britains-high-court-blocks-coal-mine-permit-kp-7-67/
  13. Heavy September Snow Hits South Africa; UK Met Office Bonus Scandal; + Record Arctic Sea Ice Growth:
    https://electroverse.info/heavy-september-snow-hits-south-africa-uk-met-office-bonus-scandal-record-arctic-sea-ice-growth/
  14. Early Snow Blankets California And Utah; South Africans Told To “Brace For The Big Freeze”; +The Logarithmic Nature of CO2:
    https://electroverse.info/early-snow-blankets-california-and-utah-south-africans-told-to-brace-for-the-big-freeze-the-logarithmic-nature-of-co2/
  15. Snow Clips The UK, Cold Threatens Records; Arctic Sea Ice Still Trendless; + Another New Study Finds Clouds To Be Earth’s Climate Control Knob, Not CO2:
    https://electroverse.info/snow-clips-the-uk-cold-threatens-records-arctic-sea-ice-still-trendless-another-new-study-finds-clouds-to-be-earths-climate-control-knob-not-co2/
  16. Early-Season Snow In Austria; Scotland Shivers; Historic Lows Broken In U.S.; Greenland’s Surface Gained 370 Billion Tons Of Ice Last Season, Bang On Average; +Control Freaks:
    https://electroverse.info/early-season-snow-in-austria-scotland-shivers-historic-lows-broken-in-u-s-greenlands-surface-gained-370-billion-tons-of-ice-last-season-bang-on-average-control-freaks/
  17. Record-Breaking Snow For The Alps; Zululanders See Surprise Spring Flakes; Mount Washington Registers Early First Measurable Snow; + Hurricane Dud:
    https://electroverse.info/record-breaking-snow-for-the-alps-zululanders-see-surprise-spring-flakes-mount-washington-registers-early-first-measurable-snow-hurricane-dud/
  18. Cold Records Tumble Across The East; Colder-Than-Average Augusts; India Meteorological Department Warns Of Harsh Winter To Come; +Dark Plasma Headed For Earth:
    https://electroverse.info/cold-records-tumble-across-the-east-colder-than-average-augusts-india-meteorological-department-warns-of-harsh-winter-to-come-dark-plasma-headed-for-earth/
  19. Southern Hemisphere Snow: Argentina and Chile Pounded; + UN Calls For Global “Red Alert” Despite Clear And Obvious Natural Forcings:
    https://electroverse.info/southern-hemisphere-snow-argentina-and-chile-pounded-un-calls-for-global-red-alert-despite-clear-and-obvious-natural-forcings/
  20. Early Snows Hit Kyrgyzstan; Eastern U.S. Fells Cold Records, 150 Million To See Fall-Like Temps; +The Forgotten Cooling Scare:
    https://electroverse.info/early-snows-hit-kyrgyzstan-eastern-u-s-fells-cold-records-150-million-to-see-fall-like-temps-the-forgotten-cooling-scare/
  21. Snowy Colorado; Obfuscation At The Hill; Nothing To See Here; +ELECTROVERSE.SPACE:
    https://electroverse.info/snowy-colorado-obfuscation-at-the-hill-nothing-to-see-here-electroverse-space/
  22. IER: Big Corporations are Abandoning Their Climate Commitments:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/ier-big-corporations-are-abandoning?publication_id=712558&post_id=149605183&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  23. A $90 billion plan to deny Africa the opportunity to have cheap reliable energy while at the same time lining the pockets of rent seekers:
    https://x.com/nickhedley/status/1837008790752780457
  24. CBDC, AI & digital ID require reliable electricity. Renewables don’t cut it….:
    https://x.com/energybants/status/1837087635208294640
  25. BP to launch $2bn sale of onshore wind business amid green energy retreat – Oil giant to concentrate efforts on solar power after investor revolt:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/16/bp-launch-2bn-sale-onshore-wind-business-green-energy/
  26. 12 myths that government-dictated green energy is cheaper than fossil fuels: This applies equally to UK energy generation:
    https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/12-myths-that-government-dictated?publication_id=513601&post_id=149085584&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  27. Boulevard Périphérique 50kph limit won’t reduce emissions or improve air quality. See pp18-31 here:
    https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240909-speed-limit-on-vital-paris-ring-road-peripherique-lowered-50km-per-hour
    http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-exhaust-emissions-study-developing-a-test-programme.pdf
  28. “By making energy more expensive and less reliable, we make everything more expensive and less reliable, which means government-dictated green energy drives price inflation.” ‘Mad Ed’ Miliband take note:
    https://x.com/i/status/1838224683172556842
  29. Really Tough’ for U.S. Solar Industry to Compete with China. Another gem: “We don’t have a problem with importing. We have a problem with protecting domestic manufacturers from unfair prices”:
    https://sarahmontalbano.substack.com/p/really-tough-for-us-solar-industry?publication_id=2606817&post_id=149615738&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  30. What a Reliable “Off Grid” Solar Power System Really Runs On – Diesel:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/the-energy-absurdity-of-the-week-c3f?publication_id=712558&post_id=149509845&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  31. AI: The UN’s Next Climate Bogeyman? Madman Gutter-rat, sorry Guterres, insanely ranting again:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/ai-the-uns-next-climate-bogeyman?publication_id=712558&post_id=149388492&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNDAxNTc2ODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0OTM4ODQ5MiwiaWF0IjoxNzI3MjU3OTM2LCJleHAiOjE3Mjk4NDk5MzYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi03MTI1NTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.B490t7ztWYQM47ABw1m0RdI_nW4kKqcVGWj6saVcPV0&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  32. CA AG Rob Bonta Futilely Tries to Defend His Frivolous Plastics Suit Targeting ExxonMobil:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/watch-ca-ag-rob-bonta-futilely-tries?publication_id=712558&post_id=149394860&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNDAxNTc2ODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0OTM5NDg2MCwiaWF0IjoxNzI3MjY5ODcxLCJleHAiOjE3Mjk4NjE4NzEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi03MTI1NTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.5i5F80w1wcRhjGSbrm7y8dNjBG-M_T6veO72kf2zjGU&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  33. 18 yrs of near-zero trend in Sept sea ice demolishes claim that more [atmospheric] CO2 means less sea ice:
    https://polarbearscience.com/2023/09/22/17-years-of-near-zero-trend-in-september-sea-ice-demolishes-claim-that-more-co2-means-less-sea-ice/
  34. Atmospheric CO2‘s influence has been misrepresented as a toxin or poison by globalists. It’s a life-giving trace gas, only 400ppm in air; & 96.6% of it is created by Nature. Over 75% of observed planetary warming is water vapour-generated:
    https://x.com/PeterDClack/status/1838396499493023955
  35. Greens want slower air travel to reduce emissions & standard of living without improving the environment:
    https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/slower-airplanes-could-cut-fuel-waste-hn7rg8g09
  36. Bill Gates donated $1.27 BILLION towards the UN Agenda 2030 global goals. MSM won’t expose this:
    https://www.petersweden.org/p/digital-id-2030
  37. Roger PielkeJr.: “I’ve reached a point where I have to vigorously fact-check every syllable that is printed on climate risk by the NGFS, the Basel Committee, and the European Central Bank.:
    https://www.unpackingclimaterisk.com/why-do-central-bankers-cherry-pick-climate-research/
  38. Who’s Right About Peak Oil?
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/whos-right-about-peak-oil?publication_id=712558&post_id=149496325&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  39. Nuclear Now? Part 2 – Big Tech and Big Banks are jumping on the nuclear energy bandwagon. But the nuclear revival won’t happen quickly and a massive shakeout looms. UK needs to be just as committed if government wants rapidly despatchable, cheap, reliable non-hydrocarbon-derived energy:
    https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/now-nuclear?publication_id=630873&post_id=149514492&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNDAxNTc2ODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0OTUxNDQ5MiwiaWF0IjoxNzI3NjAxMTcyLCJleHAiOjE3MzAxOTMxNzIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi02MzA4NzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.otgYErER7MwrqBHv4ZXFiO76ith6HNv8LZbXqGsTHDM&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  40. Europe’s Object Lesson For US EV Makers and The UAW:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/europes-object-lesson-for-us-evmakers?publication_id=712558&post_id=149144925&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  41. Electric car output drops by a quarter as demand tails off:
    https://citywire.com/funds-insider/news/thursday-papers-electric-car-output-drops-by-a-quarter-as-demand-tails-off/a2450848?re=124135&ea=2067075&utm_source=BulkEmail_FundsInsider%20DawnChorus&utm_medium=BulkEmail_FundsInsider%20DawnChorus&utm_campaign=BulkEmail_FundsInsider%20DawnChorus&link_id=1714329
  42. BEV Explosions ↑46%. Want to drive a randomly spontaneously self-combusting mobile crematorium?:
    https://dailysceptic.org/2024/09/26/electric-vehicle-explosions-rise-46-in-a-year/
  43. Here’s Why Big Oil Companies Invest in Wind and Solar:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/heres-why-big-oil-companies-invest?publication_id=712558&post_id=149048223&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  44. Yes, Virginia, China Will Keep Using More and More Coal:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/yes-virginia-china-will-keep-using?publication_id=712558&post_id=148738842&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  45. :Global EV charging infrastructure needs to grow more than 500% by 2030 (Like that’s going to happen!):
    https://www.evcandi.com/news/global-ev-charging-infrastructure-needs-grow-more-500-2030?email=brian.gregory%40abd.org.uk&account_id=2344890
  46. Russia has once again become the second-largest supplier of gas to the European Union:
    https://x.com/dollocks_bonkey/status/1830912575577501891
  47. Reports Claim Jeep SUVs Bursting Into Flame Even When Turned Off, Investigation Launched:
    https://www.westernjournal.com/reports-claim-jeep-suvs-bursting-flame-even-turned-off-investigation-launched/
  48. Germany suffers ‘spectacular’ 70pc drop in electric car sales – European carmakers call for delay in emissions restrictions as EV demand falters:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/19/germany-suffers-spectacular-70pc-drop-electric-car-sales/
  49. US auto fleet keeps getting older (because of government policies?). Petrol & diesel demand will stay strong for years to come. UK likely mirroring this trend:
    https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/gasoline-does-the-lindy-effect?publication_id=630873&post_id=149077262&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true

Recent Local/ National Developments:

  1. The War on Personal Mobility will escalate surveillance, with ever larger penalties for increasingly trivial infractions of stupid rules – to “nudge” people out their cars by making driving stressful and unpleasant:
    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/motoring/hidden-road-sensors-police-councils-29832065
  2. The country is sleepwalking into a situation where only a privileged minority will be able to drive” – @alexklaushofer has zero time for Vision Zero:
    https://thecritic.co.uk/the-empty-road-to-serfdom/
  3. Complete FairFuelUK’s Pre-Budget Survey; the 14th annual opinion poll on the up-coming Budget:
    The link to the poll is https://bit.ly/Budget2024Poll

    https://fairfueluk.com, ‘X’ formerly Twitter = https://x.com/HowardCCox
  4. Is Another Oil Bust on the Horizon? Saudis ready to sacrifice stability for increased market share?:
    https://blackmon.substack.com/p/is-another-oil-bust-on-the-horizon?publication_id=712558&post_id=149655547&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  5. The conspiracy to squeeze out British truck drivers by turning a blind eye to mass cabotage rule violations:
    https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/this-conspiracy-to-squeeze-british-truck-drivers-like-me/
  6. Miliband Doubles Down on Expensive Energy – All the technologies he is pushing are more expensive than gas, so will lead to deindustrialisation:
    https://davidturver.substack.com/p/miliband-doubles-down-expensive-energy?publication_id=1285567&post_id=149360042&isFreemail=true&r=rbgxo&triedRedirect=true
  7. National travel survey ‘underlines importance of car for personal mobility’:
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/people-england-dft-department-for-transport-london-b2603142.html
  8. Have your say on the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan:
    https://www.yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/ltp
    Email here: [email protected]
  9. Smart Motorways Kill @MotorwaysKill posted:
    https://x.com/MotorwaysKill/status/1838252340123467998
  10. Oxfordshire CC facing calls to confirm whether online rumours that more staff are employed for traffic restrictions than flood prevention, were true.
    https://x.com/AnnelieseDodds/status/1838204798690091064
  11. No evidence of any Welsh 20mph zones casualty reductions. Was that ever the real intention anyway?:
    https://x.com/JacotheNorth/status/1836785010768011356
  12. Council seeks views on proposed Neath to Cimla ‘walking’, cycling and wheeling route days after a Welsh Audit report revealed that the £218m already spent had failed to increase the levels of cycling!:
    https://swanseabaynews.com/2024/09/21/council-seeks-views-on-proposed-neath-to-cimla-walking-cycling-and-wheeling-route/
  13. @Ed_Miliband just announced 9.6GW of massively subsidised, diffusely located (134 sites) renewables, generating c.20TWh/year of electricity but with massive extra connection costs. At Eggborough an unsubsidised 2.5GW/ 13TWh/year CCGT power station being built at only c.£1bn:
    https://x.com/LoftusSteve/status/1831281830013575496
  14. More pointless Labour infrastructure profligacy: Exeter bus lane proposals branded ‘ridiculous’:
    https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-bus-lane-proposals-branded-9569469
  15. Blind people are being designed out of using buses independently in cycle lanes due to floating bus stops and shared use bus boarders:
    https://x.com/NFBUK/status/1820172655938408848
  16. Legal challenges to Bath & Edinburgh LTN schemes have been launched:
    https://x.com/Leighlines/status/1837176799404642793
  17. Renewables subsidisation is not ‘leading the world’.It’s economic suicide. It matters, as you’ll soon be required to have electric heating and an electric car:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/03/renewable-energy-auction-ar6-economic-solar-uk-cfd-wind/
  18. Ed Miliband adds £150 to household bills via reliably unreliable wind turbine building spree, & profits exported:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/03/miliband-households-to-10bn-funding-offshore-wind-turbines/
  19. An insightful, though depressing, summary of Labour’s idiotic energy policies from @mattlynnwriter.The boiler tax is just the start of Labour’s energy catastrophe:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/24/boiler-tax-just-start-labours-energy-catastrophe/
  20. Huge bills are precisely the point of pay-per-mile, charged on top of road tax, fuel duty and ULEZ-style levies in cities. The real goal is to restrict ordinary people’s mobility by forcing them out of their cars:
    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/motoring/motoring-news/new-pay-per-mile-car-30002041
  21. Glasgow Council has published monitoring figures that are wrong. High levels of pollution in 2022 were due to calculations, not exhaust emissions. Success of the LEZ is exaggerated:
    https://x.com/GlasgowCC/status/1838858537788666113
  22. “Leeds council cancelled their proposed clean air zones after they deemed the air was now cleaner and met the targets. This was 2 years ago so why isn’t the same in Manchester?”
    https://x.com/redamberblack/status/1838198566898024510
  23. Has air quality decreased or is this just a smoke screen (no pun intended) to fill council coffers? Visit the URL below to see what Driving Sense / ABD believes is really going on:
    https://youtu.be/xVwqRnVQcM4
  24. @OctopusEnergy attempt force a #Smartmeter on Craig Mackinlay despite them being fairly new, & incorrectly claiming that non-smart meters are no longer manufactured or refurbished!!
    https://x.com/cmackinlay/status/1838248379312120071
  25. David Frost @DavidGHFrost posted: Labour’s fantastical Net Zero plan vastly overstates the benefits (in part by describing costs as benefits) and disregards the real, huge, costs almost entirely:
    https://x.com/Peston/status/1838179206640828731
  26. Sustrans is funded by National Lottery stake money!!:
    https://x.com/ioisours/status/1838332297151455240
  27. Prof. Ian Plimer roasts ‘Mad Ed’ Miliband for completely unrealistic wind/ solar generation aspirations:
    https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/1837072946226975073
  28. Car numbers rise despite “expensive” LTN scheme. Only sought opinions of those likely to see benefit were sought and a lot of the questions asked”:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w71vyg328o
  29. “Car Free Days” were never bottom-up, community-based, grassroots initiatives, initially being backed by billionaire-funded globalist foundations, now adopted and promoted by the UN:
    https://www.timeout.com/london/news/world-car-free-day-2024-london-full-list-of-major-streets-closed-this-weekend-and-how-to-get-around-092024
  30. Welsh Labour’s £40million 20mph rollout will shrink Welsh economy by £9billion per anum”:
    https://www.gbnews.com/opinion/wales-20-mph-rollout
  31. Grenfell Tower: “Fire was caused by ‘systematic dishonesty’ of Governments imposing “something must be done” policies to “combat” the climate scam:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/04/grenfell-fire-systematic-dishonesty-cladding-inquiry/
  32. The Rt. Hon. Rachel Reeves & die Neue Große Lüge (the New Big Lie):
    https://x.com/7Kiwi/status/1831045072625774819
  33. Labour stupidly try to take credit for inadvisable wind-power spree initiated under the inept, useless Tories:
    https://x.com/afneil/status/1830907183455670385
  34. None of DESNZ, Miliband nor National Grid have the faintest idea how Net Zero can be achieved:
    https://dailysceptic.org/2024/09/24/national-grid-admits-it-doesnt-have-a-clue-how-to-reach-net-zero/
  35. Department of Energy Insecurity and Net Zero Intelligence Has Repealed The Laws of Physics:
    https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/department-of-energy-insecurity-and?publication_id=576327&post_id=149522680&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
  36. Record August CfD Subsidies which will likely rise further in the winter months. “Ruinables” in Action:
    https://davidturver.substack.com/p/record-august-cfd-subsidies?publication_id=1285567&post_id=149142003&isFreemail=true&r=rbgxo&triedRedirect=true
  37. Relay theft, or carless key theft, contributed to 132,489 vehicles being stolen last year in England and Wales, with some high-end brands becoming virtually uninsurable:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/23/electric-cars-are-a-thiefs-dream/
  38. Howard Cox – ‘Electric cars can’t succeed without taxpayer subsidies – UK manufacturing is on its knees:
    https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/electric-cars-petrol-manufacturing-hoarded-analysis
  39. Second-hand BEV prices falling at unsustainable ‘accelerated depreciation’ rates. To be expected when governments try to mandate sub-optimal technological solutions to non-existent problems:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/16/second-hand-electric-car-prices-falling-faster-rate/
  40. Net-zero: EV target fail: public can reject smart meters, retain gas boilers, a red meat and dairy diet, leaving government’s climate change policy in tatters. Just firmly say NO:
    https://www.turbulenttimes.co.uk/news/eu-affairs/net-zero-ev-target-fail/
  41. Electric cars are twice as expensive if you need to use out-of-home chargers, even without taxing the fuel!:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/20/electric-cars-cost-double-petrol-diesel-2024/
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  42. Most likely cause of a pedicab storages fire in Southwark was a lithium ion battery thermal runaway reaction:
    https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2024/september/fire-at-pedicab-storage-unit-southwark/

Narrative Developments:

  1. Epic takedown of BBC Net Zero supporters by Peter Hitchens:
    https://x.com/i/status/1838228178512273616
  2. Humans come dead last of global animal biomass with only 2.5%. Plants are 82.4%Not a hoax:
    https://x.com/PeterDClack/status/1837987011829088617
  3. Climate Catastrophism is provably a secular religion that defies mainstream (as well as sceptical) science:
    https://www.thegwpf.org/publications/culture/
  4. ‘Climate Change is a more fundamental threat than terrorism’: The Rt. Hon. (Looney) David Lammy, MP. Actually, No, but he, & the government of which he is part, do represent EXACTLY that:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/09/16/climate-change-more-fundamental-threat-than-terrorism-lammy/
    https://x.com/i/status/1835986049949974675
  5. Public ‘coerced’ into buying electric vehicles, warns Vertu boss:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/12/planet-normal-public-coerced-into-buying-electric-vehicles/
  6. “Climate change zealots trying to bring the car industry to its knees. Leave it to markets/ consumer choice”:
    https://x.com/i/status/1837183196917649710
  7. The UK tax burden is at the highest level since 1948. The government is fleecing us to fund huge corporates:
    https://x.com/JamesMelville/status/1838534578413191279
  8. More ‘Mad Ed’ eco mania. Miliband seriously considering forcing heat pump companies to sell to customers who don’t want them? Eco-zealot Energy Secretary preparing to fine firms missing heat pump sales quotas?:
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/30596123/ed-miliband-heat-pumps-sun-says/
  9. The consequence of Britain’s industrial decline is pampered cities and neglected towns. The UK already invents the things the world needs, now we just need to make and sell them:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/16/britain-forgot-how-make-things-poorer-for-it/
  10. German MEP Christine Anderson: “The same people who lied to you about Covid are now trying to tell you we’re all going to die of climate change”:
    https://x.com/i/status/1838157609095815619
  11. Climate change? California fire agency engineer arrested on suspicion of starting five wildfires!:
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/20/cal-fire-engineer-arrested-arson
  12. Drivers are given £322m in fines under Sadiq Khan’s hated ULEZ scheme in less than a year. Meanwhile at 11 AQ stations the ULEZ expansion did naff all for air quality in Bromley. It was only ever about the money:
    https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13866293/Drivers-fines-Sadiq-Khan-ULEZ-scheme-figures.html
  13. Real ‘climate change deniers’ those who deny the climate was changing before we started burning hydrocarbon fuels, says geologist Dr. Matthew Wielicki:
    https://dailysceptic.org/2024/09/20/the-real-climate-change-deniers-are-those-who-deny-the-climate-changed-before-we-started-burning-fossil-fuels-says-geologist/
  14. Bar Standards Board seeks DEI clause insertion: no chance of future fair trials, EVER:
    https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/bar-regulator-to-impose-new-diversity-and-inclusion-duty/5120738.article
  15. Exposure of live facial recognition surveillance risks 330k+ views in 5 days. Watch, make up your own mind:
    https://youtu.be/fhLEhmhWYsw
  16. SEND THIS ARTICLE TO YOUR MP & ASK HIM HOW ‘MAD ED’ MILIBAND PLANS TO SOLVE THE INSOLUBLE NET ZERO vs SCIENTIFIC REALITY CONUNDRUM:
    Mission Impossible: Labour’s Mutually Incompatible Economic Growth and Net Zero paradox:

    https://davidturver.substack.com/p/mission-impossible-economic-growth-and-net-zero?publication_id=1285567&post_id=147749614&isFreemail=true&r=rbgxo&triedRedirect=true
  17. Clearly ‘Two-Tier Stasi’ Keir Starmer, Miliband & Reeves haven’t read any of David Turver’s article:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/17/ftse-100-markets-latest-news-starmer-budget-interest-rates/?WT.mc_id=e_DM408142&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Cit_New_v2&utmsource=email
  18. A glimpse of the economic boom we could have had, but didn’t. The Blob and the BBC killed it at birth:
    https://x.com/AndrewOrlowski/status/1831075122301620647
  19. Bjorn Lomborg: switching to BEVS is net bad everywhere:
    https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/1830993509966352836
    https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/1448335210274246661
    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02760-8
  20. Fiat suspends production of electric 500 city car for ONE MONTH due to slump in demand for EVs:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-13847191/Fiat-pauses-production-electric-500-city-car-ONE-MONTH-slump-demand-EVs.html
  21. Labour to back away from 2030 petrol car ban – Hybrids will continue to be allowed until 2035 in boost to motorists. First step towards full Net Zero reversal:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/14/hybrid-cars-to-be-sold-beyond-2030-soften-petrol-ban/
  22. Driving a BEV over 3,000 miles in 3 months “tested my sanity”:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/hybrid-electric-cars/electric-car-mileage-challenge/