LPG-powered vehicles would be a better and simpler alternative

WE shouldn’t get too carried away with the electric car razzmatazz.

LPG-powered vehicles would be a better and simpler alternative

They still use fossil fuels, mainly natural gas; renewable energy simply displaces fossil fuel use. They use it less efficiently because of losses in generation, transmission, distribution and battery chargers; it would be better and simpler to convert cars to run on LPG.

Nor can it be claimed they are “zero emission”; the emissions are produced at the power station

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