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Imagine 125 barrels of oil wide circling the earth. That's not how much oil we use. That's just what EVs avoided burning last year.

@robprogressive Those bloody humans really get annoyed at being poisoned, how dare they.

Driving an older, affordable car in the UK is being actively criminalised as ULEZ & Clean Air Zones expand If your vehicle doesn't meet the newest standards, you are charged up to £12.50 every single day just to commute to work or see family The hardest hit aren't wealthy drivers in new electric SUVs; it’s the low-income workers who cannot afford a £20,000 upgrade

@TheGriftReport corrected it... 'The Environment Agency sent him a letter alleging he carried out works without an environmental' job justification form.

A barrister is facing a criminal record and even prison after he pulled 200 bags of rubbish from a section of the River Roding in Barking Paul Powlesland aged 40 a barrister and environmentalist organized volunteers to clear 200 bags of rubbish including needles and weapons from a polluted section of the River Roding in Barking east London in March 2026 using a hired digger. The Environment Agency sent him a letter alleging he carried out works without an environmental permit launching an investigation under the Environmental Permitting Regulations with potential penalties of up to two years in prison. Powlesland said this river will be restored they now have a clear choice they can fight me and all the other amazing volunteers doing the work or they can get on board and help us and become the good guys in this. He added we have got irises and reed beds coming back I saw fish in there for the first time a couple of weeks ago dragonflies and herons returning with the whole ecosystem coming back to life. The EA said they welcome communities taking steps to improve their local environment but insisted undertaking work without the appropriate permits is not acceptable to prevent unintended harm to flood risk drainage or the wider environment. Powlesland vowed to continue his clean up efforts criticizing the need for licences for volunteer work and pointing to an upstream Thames Water sewage outlet as a source of pollution.

@SomeUKTeslaGuy I've done pretty well with OneCall, worth trying imo

This is the state of UK insurance at the moment. You’re sent a rip-off renewal and with just a couple of clicks, they’ll knock £500 off it. Utterly awful. I am, of course, going with someone else - to take 10-20% off, rather than add 33% on. Completely appalled.

@paulpowlesland @EnvAgency @grok surely this can't be true? There's no way the @EnvAgency could be so utterly ridiculous.

“What’re you in for mate?” “Cleaning a river without a permit. What about you?” @EnvAgency is really plumbing new depths of malevolent uselessness here.

Russia wins best own goal of the World Cup 🏆

@TheBritishIntel It depends on an individual's priority, mine for example is not to tie my child's future into buying fossil fuels which is exactly what Reform are being paid to do.

The Makerfield result has left me genuinely concerned about the direction of this country. After everything that has happened over the past few weeks, I struggle to understand how so many people still believe Labour are the answer. Completely stunned and very close to losing hope.

@KPASKSWHY That's excellent news, jobs costing the US tax payers for waste and virtu signalling rubbish all gone. Well done for highlighting the good work done by the US government (not Elon).

Fun fact time!! As of today, Elon is a net job killer, not a creator. DOGE-related cuts exceeded the number of people employed by Musk’s companies. The rough figures: DOGE-related federal workforce reduction estimates range from about 217,000 to 270,000. He employs ~150k

@JonasRohrer @starnevs @transportgovuk It's like a double edged sword, the system really could preempt an accident, but it's soo jumpy it could just as easily cause one. I wouldn't be soo annoyed but the DFT are obstructing a safer solution.

@NicDenso @starnevs @transportgovuk Also the Autopilot system of the HW1 S had way less and less severe breaking for gosts and spirits on highways than the regulated AP of the HW4 system. To drop out of every assistance system, if deactivated by stearing, is very anoying to. Straight into max recuperation breaking.

Meanwhile in the UK thanks to the @transportgovuk who restrict us to Tesla's old autopilot system, mine jumped on the brakes at 50MPH for no reason whatsoever and scared the f life out me n my wife as I quickly jabbed the accelerator before someone ran into the back of me. Thanks @transportgovuk for endangering us today.

@DavidVance Would you let someone claim your house, screw your wife, shoot you in the face then send your children to another country? No you wouldn't. But you so f gutless you'd have a pop at other people defending themselves. You disgust me.

Zelenskyy aiming for WW3 and NATO is encouraging this…

@jurgen_nauditt Steps to end all this: 1. Withdraw invasion force. End of list.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that approximately 1,000 Ukrainian drones have attacked Moscow. Let us first note that Ukraine is now capable of launching up to a thousand unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) in a single wave. And it is not merely a matter of possessing such a number of drones—Zelenskyy has already announced that Ukraine will produce 10 million of them this year. It is a question of command, logistics, and personnel resources. It is about the ability to organize an attack of this magnitude in the first place: setting up launchers, transporting components, conducting reconnaissance, planning, target assignment, launching, tracking, and post-strike assessment. That is a massive undertaking that must be managed. And Ukraine is capable of doing so. But what happens when that number rises to two thousand UAVs? Or five thousand? Just imagine that.

@David__Osland Who's 'earned' a trillion dollars? Can you advise who actually has 1 trillion dollars available in the bank?

You can't 'earn' a trillion dollars. You only get that rich by exploiting the labour power of others.

@mhdksafa there's a simple solution to stop all this happening. Withdraw R from U.

I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation linked to the strikes on oil depots in Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Gulf states, and beyond. This is a picture of Moscow now. Covered in thick black toxic clouds of smoke, raining oil on 14 million people with cancerous polluted air entering every lung. People breathing this. Animals breathing this. Trees breathing this. A humanitarian and environmental catastrophe. Bombing oil depots has serious environmental and humanitarian consequences. Hazardous "black rain" and "acidic rain" could pose serious health risks as toxic pollutants spread in the air, and contaminated the water—raise concerns of "wider regional pollution exposure", with the long-term effects of pollutants, affect respiratory health and contaminate water, that will affect people for years. Every bomb dropped on an oil depots is a time bomb for the people and the planet. This has moved beyond geopolitics. It's a crime against humanity.

@oldladybrain @grok can you critique this post claiming that [human induced] client change is a scam because of the location of her thermometer.

This is how the climate change scam works perfectly. My thermometer has been outside on the ground all day, it reads 22°, I’m wearing a T-shirt and a sweatshirt because it’s freezing. However, they can say it’s 22° in the UK, they can also say it’s going to be the hottest summer since records began. It makes not a jot of difference, because it still feels like 12/14° out there.

I've met someone who went from EV back to ICE, she was on company fuel so there was no financial incentive for her either way, she didn't all that much car how the car was powered, just a means to an end. All the other EV drivers I have spoken to wouldn't go back, some of them were in the 2 car camp having the ICE car for long trips, they are becoming two EV households. From my personal POV, going electric is like stopping smoking, you don't realise how bad or expensive it was until you stop doing it. I guess time will tell.

I don’t believe 90% at all from what I know and the people I speak to. Is this selective polling which can get any result you want? The choice will open up and not be just electric. Electric is far to restrictive in my view. It will be the next Betamax I am sure in say 10 years.

@CFSMotorRacing How do you reach the conclusion that electric will be short lived when 90% of EV drivers state they will never go back to ICE?

Petrol and Diesel is cleaner now than its ever been for well maintained cars. The days of electric will be short of that I am convinced with Toyota launching water powered cars and Hydrogen also making inroads. Investing in electric could "lose a few their shirt" I believe.

@CFSMotorRacing @grok can you list the potential health consequences of breathing vehicles exhaust fumes?

@CFSMotorRacing How about scrapping all fossil fuels subsidies first, then people can choose to fire diesel particulates at 3 year olds in the nursery car parks knowing that they are actually facing the full price of their choices.

scrap all quotas and all mandates and let market forces dictate what people want, electric or Petrol or Diesel

@Bobatron87 Yep, basically waste of police resources.

@NicDenso @ChaosLensX What's more it's all bollocks The bofe clarified these coins do not need to be accepted but can be. There's also no debt created at a petrol pump. You are agreeing to an immediate form of payment not a long term debt

What happens when a police officer gets the law completely wrong? In this video, a UK police sergeant is seen threatening to arrest a driver at a petrol station pump. The issue? The driver filled his car with £60 of diesel and attempted to pay using a genuine, Royal Mint-issued £100 silver commemorative coin. The supermarket staff refused to accept the coin and called the police, leading to the dramatic stand-off caught on camera. Is it legal? Here is the actual law: The answer is both yes and no, depending on who you look at: Could the shop refuse the coin? Generally, yes. While the coin is technically "legal tender" under the Coinage Act 1971, contract law allows a private business to decide which payment methods they prefer. However, because the fuel was already inside the car, a debt had been created. Legally, a business cannot "pick and choose" payment methods after the fact unless they clearly state their exclusions on the pump before you fill up. Was it a criminal offence? Absolutely NOT. The officer arrested the driver for "Making Off Without Payment" (Theft Act 1978). To commit this crime, a person must dishonestly run away to avoid paying the bill. The driver wasn't running, hiding, or acting dishonestly—he was standing right there actively trying to hand over cash worth more than the fuel! The Result: Because the police treated a civil contract dispute as a criminal theft, the arrest was entirely unlawful. The driver later took legal action against the police force, winning a formal apology and a £5,000 settlement.

@Electroversenet @grok could you list the approx number of EVs produced globally for the past ten years including a year on year percentage change?

The EV industry lost around $70 billion in 2024. Expectations didn't match reality. Prices are high, range is limited, charging is slow. With subsidies now fading, demand is further weakening into 2026. Manufacturers overbuilt, now they're cutting back. Ford Motor Company and General Motors are scaling down investment. Production targets are being revised. Costs are being cut. This is what happens when policy blindly runs ahead of demand. The market pushes back.