Save the planet or . . .

Oops,
‘Not quite right, try again!’
But never mind, we were all ‘trained’ - the box was ticked.

Germanshepherdsmum

It sounds like just the sort of thing some local authorities would do, polishing their green credentials whilst putting up council tax and cutting back on services.

Except equality/diversity spending, I bet!

The council I worked for for quite a while was endlessly pleading poverty while still spending on ‘frills’ - one thing I particularly remember was piles of glossy, full-colour postcards, inviting people to put themselves on the arts mailing list.
Then there was a glossy magazine, distributed to every household in the borough, that was basically council PR and ads. It cost the same to produce as running a small and well-used local library they were planning to close.

And of course every single employee had to undergo ‘training’ in Equality/Diversity, and Health and Safety.

Said training was online, and provided by some outside company. I never did find out what it cost, but it was a complete joke. Both parts took a max of 20 minutes and consisted of a lot of multiple choice questions, 4 per question, IIRC, and if you got one wrong it came back with a cheery, ‘Not quite r

Callistemon21

Urmstongran

Wales?
Labour run?

Sheesh.

It's ok, I think we'll be back to horse and carriage here soon, as it's all 20mph anyway.

Horses produce almost as much methane as cattle, so do not help the planet at all.

Urmstongran

Wales?
Labour run?

Sheesh.

It's ok, I think we'll be back to horse and carriage here soon, as it's all 20mph anyway.

Wales?
Labour run?

Sheesh.

It may well be that the council were leasing the vans at a lower cost than the alternative diesel vans, initial purchase will be more but running cost and servicing a lot less. For short journeys in an urban area they should be a big step forward.

Our local council bought commercial properties, then found they could not rent many of them out.

They are now cutting essential services and putting up council tax.

They are telling us to "try and walk for short journeys, and reduce carbon while getting fit at the same time!"
"find out about local cycle routes and cycling groups and get on your bike."

And have bought several new electric vehicles for Council plus are piloting 20 new hydrogen-powered vehicles.

That wouldn’t surprise me. I have found local authorities to be singularly inept at managing money.

Maybe an Urban Myth, but a friend was telling me that a local council bought a fleet of electric vans to trial, but hadn’t realised the workmen
would need home charging points - an extra outlay.
I understand Durham Constabulary bought an electric BMW - it couldn’t manage enough charge to get it from one end of the County to the other, if it was fully loaded with equipment.

Because the Lithium Batteries are almost impossible to put out, ‘normal’ vehicle fires can be put out by Fire crews or a fire extinguisher in the vehicle.

Oops daisy- why would they catch fire? Petrol/diesel cars are more likely to catch fire than evs. Sounds like a good move to me.

It sounds like just the sort of thing some local authorities would do, polishing their green credentials whilst putting up council tax and cutting back on services.

Hopefully because their old vans had all broken down and were un fixable.
It’s pointless binning perfectly useable equipment.

Let’s hope they don’t all catch fire.