it would not be just my friends and family, look you see, who thought it strange to see me write a piece on cars. undoubtedly several mechanic what i have encountered and, to be sure, engaged the services of would question whether or not i am someone who should speak of such forms of perambulators.
with that in mind, then, it is perhaps fortunate that i not trouble you with writing on cars per se, but rather the means by which they are powered. although, again, yes, many if not any of the above referenced would question my stance on this, since i merrily drive until for some reason the vehicle ceases to operate in the way hoped for or anticipates.
this is, i feel, all getting rather bogged down in stuff what does not matter. let me then simply add a picture or two here, and write of it, so as i may get to some form of point.
life has, of late, seen me do some travels. driving travels, too, except for the bits where i did not drive and made use of what remains of our better, simplified, more expensive and less frequent and less reliable railway system. in respect of the former, stopping from time to time, so as to quench the thirst of any given engine with some tasty oil based refreshment, is quite the necessity. i know this because a nice man with an overtly gruff manner who was carrying a can of such refreshment once told me this, but anyway.
stopping at places what let you (for money) give your vehicle of choice or assignment a drink has let me seen the above. they are what they call in the trade "electric petrol pumps", but no they are not as they boast neither petrol nor a pump mechanism. electric vehicle charging points is probably the better name for them. not probably, now i think on, correct.
nearly every fuel station i have had the pleasure of stopping at has either had these on the go or, as we shall see later (well, if you read on), is getting ready to unleash them. and this is a most splendid thing. perhaps i know only slightly more of science than i do of cars (although i got a D, or near enough, in O Level, or near enough, geography), but i am quite keen to accept that all this petrol and diesel car business is doing the planet no good, and that these electric powered cars will help do less harm.
yes, that's me on one of the brisk, clear and crisp (hello, Faye) days i was out travelling. hence the smile, really, as it is not so nice to be travelling when it is all wet and snow and rain. or windy.
behind me is a service station thing; one where i unwisely called in at Subway for what i thought would be a reasonably priced lunch, or if you will dinner. alas, no. service stations are renowned for selling food at a higher price than anywhere else, citing "operational costs" and other such nonsense. as it turned out, slightly higher costs in this instance involved charging me double for a standard meal. in most normal Subway stores a six inch sandwich and a drink will set you back £3, at the service place it was £6. lesson well and truly learned.
exactly what am i doing driving around? can't say much about it, although i cannot confirm it is not quite as interesting, secretive, exciting or as man meeting as the travels of my chum Spiros. mostly seeing things and having a listen to regional radio. with the latter, the broadcasts of Merseyside are most fascinating. i can recall being shocked, surprised and ultimately finding it quite remarkable how many people living in Liverpool, going about their business, had found themselves arrested by the coppers "for no reason whatsoever". hopefully this shall not be a long term problem.
that there is more of them electric vehicle charging points, except they are not quite so as such as yet. these were some i spotted what have been installed, but not yet active.
from what i gather the biggest quarrel or issue with electric vehicles thus far was the range of a charged vehicle vs the number of charging points. with this quite clearly being addressed, then, perhaps the ambition and dream of all vehicles being all electric within my lifetime shall come to be.
no, off the top of my head i have absolutely no idea who might be interested in any of the above. should it be that you have and you are, however, well then so much the better, and thank you for reading.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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