Gordon Brown and electric cars

Forgive me whilst I fall about laughing. I didn't realise our esteemed leader had such a great sense of humour. Let's face it, he normally comes over as well... miserable. Very miserable indeed.

This here electric car scheme? Does he think we are stupid?

Sorry - don't answer that - of course he does.

Now I'm a bit of a middle-aged sort of greenie. I mean I've got low-energy bulbs in all light fittings, I ride a bicycle more than most, less than quite a few others, I have a couple of hens to provide some eggs, I grow a bit of veg, when shopping for food I worry about air miles, pesticides, I recycle, freecycle and the like. In short, I read the Guardian. Mind you I also read the Telegraph, Times, Independent.. and occasionally, in the odd moment of madness, dip into the Daily Wail, so I'm not entirely deep green. More a sort of pale apple green that's rather fetching is a bit wishy-washy at the moment.

But even I can grasp that no, Gordon, electric cars are not green when they are powered by electricity produced by burning fossil fuels.

So the plan is just another hype of "we are doing our utmost to meet the challenges of climate change" greenwash that smacks of actually doing nothing at all whilst pretending to do so with great public announcements.

Then whilst falling about laughing at this lovely morsel of greenwash from Gordon, I wondered ... what was announced in more quiet tones that Gordon doesn't want us to realise is happening?

And before I forget... The UK is rapidly heading to the situation where we WILL be having rolling blackouts, as part of our electricity production network is coming to the end of its life. We simply do not have in place the replacement production. And our attitude to any renewable scheme is fraught with NIMBYism on top of the long-winded planning process. So just where is all of this electricity coming from to power these electric vehicles, Gordon?

p.s. I apologise unreservedly for occasionally casting a glance over the Daily Wail. At least I avoid the Express, Sun & Daily Star..