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Category Archives: Technology and Society
It’s Way Past Time to Regulate Social Media.
Twenty five years ago the IT industry was a different place. IT companies large and small collaborated on developing and introducing standards that enabled interoperability, communications, security protocols and more to become standards that all players in the market could … Continue reading
ESB / eCARS demonstrate complete lack of understanding of their customers’ needs
We are all aware that EVs are sadly coming under some negative press. Interestingly this is mostly about the sustainability of the technology. Imagine if enterprising journalists were to focus on the typical experience of drivers using the public charging network? I believe if stories like my own this last weekend were widely circulated, public opinion would turn and sales of EVs would drop dramatically. Continue reading
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Cold Weather and the EV – A Trip to Wales in Winter
A trip report describing how EVs are impacted by cold weather. Continue reading
Posted in Electric Vehicles, EV, Renault Zoe, Technology and Society, Travel
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To France in your EV?
My prior reports on long distance trips in the UK [1] have been pretty horrific. In fact I didn’t bother to write up my last UK experience (June 2022). Whilst I found signs of improvement, the overall public charging experience … Continue reading
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Greenwashing, Fossil-fuel Solutionism and Technological Optimism are Replaying the Tobacco Industry Strategy.
We need to hold politicians in all developed countries to account for Greenwashing, Fossil-fuel Solutionism and Technological Optimism and act to regulate lobbying and call it for what it is, fossil fuel industry bribery. Continue reading
Running on Empty? A Report on a Long Distance BEV Trip
A long distance trip report in a Battery Electric Vehicle assessing the maturity of electric cars and the charging infrastructure. Continue reading
COP On The Long and Winding Road
A short review of James Lovelock’s last book and an optimist’s view of how we will survive the climate crisis. Continue reading
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