{"id":5367,"date":"2016-09-21T10:44:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T10:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strettonclimatecare.org.uk\/?p=5367"},"modified":"2016-09-21T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:55:59","slug":"electric-car-days-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strettonclimatecare.org.uk\/2016\/09\/electric-car-days-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Our Electric Car Days are Important"},"content":{"rendered":"
What was new about our Electric Car day on September 10th<\/sup> was that amongst the usual eco-nerds and Electric Evangelists there were other people who were just looking at electric cars, doing the math and finding the investment worthwhile.<\/p>\n Stretton\u2019s EV day was the opportunity for interested people to explore the idea of owning electric cars. The salespeople were outnumbered by the users who were often more enthusiastic in their support for the car they\u2019d bought, but also honest about its limitations and realistic about things like their true range and performance. After four of these events, we can draw some conclusions about the way things are going:<\/p>\n Stretton Climate Care\u2019s mantra is Think Global, Act Local<\/strong>. Globally, the supertanker is turning but, oh, so slowly. Locally, we are doing what we can to decarbonise by helping households increase their energy efficiency, change to less carbon-heavy heating and move away from fossil fuels. That is why we put on Electric Car days; if one person moves a step away from high carbon towards a low carbon lifestyle, it\u2019s worth it. We can look our grandchildren in the eye and say, we tried our hardest; we did our best.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\n\u201cOur overarching concern\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>they said, \u201cis that the UK is at risk of failing to meet the targets not because they are impossible, but because Government departments have not cooperated effectively.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n