Had an interesting discussion today. A two car family with a one car electric charging point.
It reminded me that many people think that switching to electric cars is just about them making a choice. But it isn’t. And it isn’t just about charging points, it is about the infrastructure behind them.
For example there are enough petrol stations near Wembley to fill 10-20 thousand cars. But are there enough cables to supply power to the Wembley car park?
There are other areas of life where we think we see ourselves as islands. The taking of the vaccine is an obvious one.
I was reading recently about “preppers” – people preparing for an apocalyptic disaster. Apparently many look at storing at least couple of weeks supply. There was an interesting article in Metro on 1st Jan 2020 that included a mention of prepping for a pandemic. Quite fascinating. I was taught to expect to need six weeks food as a minimum for a pandemic that got out of control. Thankfully this one has not got out of control, although we have still to see what happens in the USA – the jury is still out there.
But what that means to me is that even those “preppers” are really not able to act as an island for very long (okay one or two might be properly prepared, but not many).
How often do we think of other when we make decisions?