At the end of the day it’s an announcement. It’s some ink on paper that’s all.
It has to happen but simply announcing intent isn’t gonna make it reality.
It does tap into a whole host of other issues though.
Global warming, which if we don’t start making rapid change will spiral out of control.
Population – the simple fact is the world is over populated. More people = more energy demand. But nobody wants to talk population control.
We have only one source of energy – the sun. What we use just now is generally stored energy. All energy, particularly in an overpopulated planet needs to become renewable.
Just think of all the GAS powered power stations they'll have to build in every town to feed all the quick charge stations we're going to need?! Wait hang on! Did no one ask where the electricity was going to come from? ...or are we going to have a program for building nuclear power stations? Or a wind turbine on every street corner?
Burning gas in a power station is cleaner, and using it to subsequently power a motor car is more efficient. But it still emits massive amounts of CO2, plus it’s a limited and valuable resource.
Nuclear power comes with it’s own special issues. Although one big plus is it’s carbon neutral, or if you like a very low level emitter of CO2.
In terms of our economy. Who's gonna fund and build all this stuff. Our Tory government seems to think it’s a good idea to rely on foreign states to provide, own and profit from our essential infrastructure. English Tory economics seem to be suicide economics, so maybe soon we won’t be able to afford many cars and bikes.