Electric Shocker

You have occasionally commented on electric cars, but I guess you are unlikely to be fully aware of the future influence of such vehicles, specifically their impact within the context of global warming and the nonsensical taxation approaches used by most Governments. I have condensed the attached from a much longer report. I have compiled over the years, in anticipation it will give you all the information you need to reply to incoming letters from economic and technical viewpoints. It would have been usual to leave the numbers out of this shortened report, but you seem to use statistics freely and if you are to use the data you will need to check them first. All statistics and other data are easily checkable from the net. Sorry for the length and hope you do not find it boring. Please feel free to use it in any way you wish, assumedly to reply to incoming letters. I have not in the past, or present, any connection with the nuclear fuel industry, nor any commercial interest in any of the areas described. All the conclusions have been developed using simple logic. The more these conclusions are published the more chance the general public will have of preventing further rip-off under so-called environmental taxes.

Asked on 14 August 2010 by KJ, via email

Answered by Honest John
Many thanks. This is a long document, impossible to précis, so if any reader wants it, please e-mail me at letters@honestjohn.co.uk heading your e-mail ‘Truth About Electric Cars’ and I will forward it as an attachment. (Due to the likely volume, if you do not follow this instruction precisely I cannot help.)
Dear Honest John,

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