The insanity of scrappage schemes and the EV movement (The Mark Attwood Show)

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[@GeoffBuysCars]

Full interview: diaryofaconspiracytheorist.substack.com/p/geoff-buys-cars-from-flat-caps-to

[@Everything_Evan]

It makes me feel soo sad seeing thousands of perfect cars being scrapped.

[@John-t2v]

Zero C02 = zero life on earth

[@sullivanrachael]

Humans have reversed a trend that would have meant CO2 dropping to record lows. Carbon dioxide levels have risen and plant life has increased accordingly.

[@John-t2v]

@@sullivanrachael Yes they are demonising gods molecule without it All life on earth is extinguished . But the sheeple fall for it just like four and a half years ago with the you know what

[@richardweyland116]

Soylent Green.

[@BasketCase]

Should have Scraped the Insanity scheme.. 😡

[@jameskrell4392]

ULEZ if you like Khan we don’t want to 😡

[@tonybee5605]

There was an electric car called the Ford Comuta in the 60s that was practicle in that it had a 40 mph top speed and a 40 mile range it had 4 lead acid batteries that even today cost only around £80 each to replace it plugged into a standars plug socket so no fancy chargers, This is probably how Ev's in the UK should have started, cheap shopper and nipping round for a coffee vehicles then as acceptance and the infrastructure grew they could have moved up to Hatchbacks and family cars, But no they had to go straight for the luxury market which was only ever 10% of the car market, so now they have filled that 10% and are screwed, as everyone thinks of EV as mega expensive.

[@johnuk5160]

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[@fredfred2363]

I've not been to London since ULEZ. Used to drive in regularly. Can't afford the £12.50 cost on top of £3 of diesel. I'm just outside ULEZ.

[@twoMidnight2Green4649]

I wanted to go earlier this year but I was told it was expensive and I'd be better off just visiting other areas of Europe. Really glad I did!

[@hudsonbear5038]

Last time I was in London was for the Olympics... Was part of the Armies security response.... Even then it was a sh1te hole...

[@danielduggan7126]

London has millions of affluent people who can afford to pay top price for everything they buy from housing to a cup of tea, the opinion of someone who cannot afford £12.50 is of no consequence to Kahn or his vampire political class.

[@TwinTowerTwo]

Geoff, I think there must be AI bots spamming your comments mostly ending with emoji's and raunchy thumbnail pics.. Regarding newer cars I wanted to say I think it's crazy this 'steering by wire' thing, where there's no mechanical parts in the steering just electrical signals.. crazy, stay away from that.

[@fredfred2363]

Nothing wrong with it when it works. Trouble is with cars there is NO redundant system like with aircraft (minimum 3). If the system goes down when at speed, there's trouble ahead. There should be an instant shut down switch. It shouldn't take 20 seconds for your PC/phone/game system/"insert EV brand" here to switch off when you power down.

[@GT380man]

@@fredfred2363While you’re absolutely right, there’s a major objection. It’s simply not necessary. Connected analogue steering has been refined for a century. It’s very good, not expensive, easy to detect & fix faults and it’s the (almost) ultimate safety system. Steer by wire, brake by wire is UNNECESSARY. Not only is it unsafe at the margins, but it lends itself to remote control. I think that is the main motivation. There’ll be ostensible reasons given, but they aren’t the real ones.

[@twoMidnight2Green4649]

@@GT380man The main benefit of a by-wire system is that in theory it reduces weight. That being said, what's wrong with hydraulic systems? I would argue that if EVs used less electronic assist then they would have better range since they do not need to power so many actuators and computers.

[@whatif4942]

No mention of the almost dead batteries going into landfill after about 10 years because they can't be recycled

[@kevinashurst634]

they last a lot longer than that and do get reused or recycled.

[@andrewwaller5913]

They'll catch fire long before that 😂

[@andrewwaller5913]

​@@kevinashurst634The car is worthless at 10 years so it's scrapped. It's an old I phone on wheels. Nobody wants it

[@kevinashurst634]

@@andrewwaller5913 look up used EVs on Autotrader.

[@alberttickle1106]

I feel for the dealerships....😢😢😢

[@dodgerboe]

Queer Starma Wants all His Ali's Cleared of Vehicles so he can throw his sausage up it !!!

[@markbray2988]

You ARE a journalist Geoff. A brilliant journalist!

[@fredfred2363]

Geoff, please get a camera crew, a sound team and two other people on set. Then discuss a few random topics, just like you're doing here. It'd make great TV.

[@tonybain8526]

Paying the ULEZ charge doesn’t improve the air quality.

[@Wee_Langside]

BEVs are a solution waiting for a technology. Hybrids are the latest in a long line of vehicles designed for economy. Probably the best so far. "Super" economical and economical have made appearances on the market every time there's an oil crisis. Embargoes in 1967, 1973, 1979 then an oil glut at the start of the 1980s because of a recession caused in large by the high price of oil. To aid economical driving technology of the day was used to improve economy. VW had variant called "Formel E" a small engine high top gear with an economy meter on the dash. Not sure how that meter worked possibly nothing more than inlet manifold. As with all shortages and free markets. The shortages didn't last long as new sources came online. In the case of the Arab Oil Embargo they discovered these things hurt themselves almost as much as those they were punishing.

[@paulriggers1558]

scrappage scheme was good, - for mechanics... loads of alloy wheels to sell on, + loads of good body panels as well... the amount of cars that left our garage with rusty old steel wheels + bent, wrong coloured doors was unbelievable... just doing our bit for the planet...

[@jasonbudd2950Jag]

I was born in 70's and remember pinching Milk off milk floats LOL. Leave the poxy glorified milk floats in the 70's ! Combustion engines running on Synthetic fuels is the answer. Thanks for sharing fella 👍

[@terryhoath1983]

The milk floats had lead-acid batteries that didn't blow up. Your child couldn't get locked into one and milkmen could rest assured that no-one was spying on their every word or listening to their appalling, tuneless whistling. As for your juvenile criminality, you should be wearing sackcloth and ashes, one day a week even now.

[@AnnaGonzalez-b8d]

Your videos are always inspiring and motivating for new achievements. Thank you for your creativity!👀💡💚

[@russianbot1420]

Anna, you're way too skinny, now get a proper job.

[@ComeJesusChrist]

I remember your video with the spreadsheet. The scrappage scheme destroyed better cars than followed them, they were only replacing no-nonsense and often properly built cars with inferior rubbish. Why anyone would scrap some of those classic British, French, German and Japanese cars that we hardly ever see on the roads is beyond me.

[@tomjones7593]

PLEASE produce a car sticker- Future my A**e seems a good choice, but any anti- battery job will do; I will gladly pay a decent sum !! Promise..

[@seamusmcmahon1182]

Volkswagen just got too greedy and forgot about reliability

[@deanwelsh5702]

Do you agree with mark and tarrot by jannine Jeff I’ve been following them for a lot of years now

[@richardweyland116]

What about clean emission active volcanos?

[@mickjoebills]

Remember Bunsfield?

[@BobCarolgees-p8f]

1st

[@andrewmack2161]

Gordon Browns Scrappage scheme did amazing things for the Korean Car Industry in the UK. If companies like Hyundai had spent a £10 million on advertising they wouldn't have been as successful as they became purely through that scrappage scheme. It hurt UK businesses badly, but South Korean Automotive Industry should build statues of Gordon Brown.

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

How did it hurt UK business?

[@andrewwaller5913]

​@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 He means they sold lots of Hyundai cars. They were nowhere 20 years ago, now every other car is a Hyundai or Kia. Come on do try and keep up 😂

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Exactly ​@@andrewwaller5913

[@andrewmack2161]

@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 Small, medium and large Garages repair older cars. Only dealers repair new cars and service items only. Older cars will often be repaired with Pattern parts which can be manufactured everywhere including the UK, whilst manufacturers will use genuine factory parts which are pretty much never made in the UK. New cars don't require an MOT whilst old cars do etc etc etc.

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

@@andrewmack2161 hmm that's true, this deindustrialization has been happening all across the West sadly, Japan does it right because all their cars are made locally so them driving new cars is supporting their local industry

[@boldertash]

Dodgems are great lecky cars and no ulez

[@techjunkie68smusicandtech56]

I love dodgems!

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Someone should strap a dodgem arm the ev to snag free energy from the tram lines

[@pbr549]

Geoff, where’s the link to the German documentary electric cars on island?

[@nixswatson]

yeah I too would be interested in seeing that

[@hamshackleton]

EV'swouldn't be so terrible if they failed-safe - ie everything that can open - did! Then they would be ok as shopping trolleys, but the infrastructure just isn't there to make them viable for long trips with the family.

[@kevinashurst634]

nonsense. 70,000 electric miles, never going back to ice.

[@cspower7259]

Was chatting about this today. Where did all the cool cars go?

[@andrewwaller5913]

Baked beans cans

[@DarinaTurner]

Keep creating such wonderful videos. Your videos are always inspiring.🏈🛣🚙

[@russianbot1420]

Jeoff inspires me to buy sub one thousand pounds cars,but that's not what you're looking for,is it.

[@Richard-r1x7d]

😀👍

[@apislapis]

Making total sense Geoff. Putting to one side the speed your Volvo estates can do, their 2 box solution was so phenomenally practical for the family to transport stuff. Great kit then, great kit now.

[@davidcook380]

Great Video Geoff , Please can your videos be longer , l get into them then you say your off, Spoils it. David

[@guy4469]

I watched it ,It was brilliant as i was your first subscriber aswell many years ago , i love staggerd wheels on my E38 .

[@kevinmott6205]

Loving this collaboration Geoff😊❤

[@longbowfta]

Rocking like a caged Gorilla.

[@mikegarvey5948]

One of the best channels on KZbin but it would have been nice to hear more from Mark.

[@MarksCosmicAdventures]

Thanks, but to be fair I was interviewing Geoff!

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

I want to drove around in big 4x4....

[@andrewwaller5913]

Hope you enjoy visiting petrol stations then 😂

[@matthewbacon5734]

You said "Electric Cars" so many times you sound like Kamala Harris!

[@stum8374]

It's a car show and if ALL cars ev's,plug in hybrids,hydrogen and ICE DON'T interest you why watch 😂

[@daveandjanwoolf8078]

You talk as though the technology on EV cars will stand still. Regardless of whether we like it or not you cannot turn the clock back. Price has been a major hurdle in poor sales - We now see Dacia with booming sales all because they are selling EVs at an affordable price. The infrastructure is not there yet BUT it is a lot better than it was even a year ago.

[@mikeolly67]

If you compare the evolution of EVs to internal combustion cars, the EV is a Ford model T. Back in the 1920’s , motorists had nothing to compare the model T to, but now EVs need to be better than ICE to stand a chance of replacing them. Only companies saving tax and brainwashed virtue signalling muppets buy new EVs

[@mickjoebills]

Countries applying tarrifs to modern cost effectivly made software defined Chinese cars are delaying the obvious and consumers are being bled dry to maintain profits of legacy auto and the jobs of associated industry.

[@andrewwaller5913]

Still nowhere near good enough. It's too expensive to own an EV thars why sales are falling. Not everyone wants a Dacia, too small for most. Where are the kids and dogs going to sit ? 😂

[@LeonieHall-c4o]

You can't get away from the fact that ev's carry a mini power station of energy in that great big battery. When that battery is compromised, they are an environmental disaster. A power station of energy. In an accident. Suddenly released. Otherwise called a bomb.

[@daveandjanwoolf8078]

Highly flammable- toxic - explosive materials are transport by road all over the UK - in reality how many have caused major catastrophe? There are thousands of Aircraft flying over our major towns and cities each day - how many crash? When electricity was first introduced into homes over a hundred years ago many “experts” forecast a catastrophe. All of these things are the price we pay for progress and improvements to our lives.

[@Angus_____]

The E.v egenda definitely did not sneak up on us Geoff. You are just late to catch on to what's going on.

[@davej433]

Any vlogs with solutions instead of all this pushback nonsense?

[@Acemeistre]

"The technology hasn't advanced" - honestly. how do you take this guy seriously when he comes out with blatant lies like that? 😒

[@andrewwaller5913]

Woeful range years behind diesels though. About 20 years behind.

[@Acemeistre]

@@andrewwaller5913 you're missing the point that Geoff is clearly lying about the tech not advancing.

[@mickjoebills]

Apartment dwellers are unfairly treated because they cant charge at home for cost of a packet if crisps. Simple solution is to subsidise DC chargers to this group. Will it cost a fraction of the subsidies given to oil industry? We try to level the playing field for provision of health, telecommunications ect, its not rocket science.

[@Acemeistre]

it's an under investment by legacy auto to make good, cheap electric cars and the mandates are just acting as a smokescreen as to what would happen any way - the Chinese are coming. like it or not.

[@BurtonHunt]

Not even watched the video with Click bate Geoff. Why don’t you and your bestie @macmaster get proper jobs and then get married and live together forever after in your click bate dreams.

[@Chris-gs8kc]

🙄

[@Mike-br8zt]

Ouch! Clearly you have already finished reading the Guardian and have nothing to do.

[@JulieannLewis-r6l]

Why don't you go on a long hunt!! Burton🤣🤣

[@BertoniBertone]

Well, don’t watch it then. Go and find your own echo (or is it eco ?) chamber…..

[@shomans905]

What a load of nonsense

[@BertoniBertone]

Your reasoning, Sir, for such an opinion?