“Mention ‘the Net Zero journey’ to people in Ashfield [his former mining constituency] and they will look at you as if you have just arrived from another planet,” he said last year. In this global net zero race, there is a window for us, that window will close if we do not take action now.”One area where the Government does seem to be listening is on home insulation. But there is another obvious retail impact that could help ordinary families too: moving to electric cars and vans. The electric vehicle stasis is a case study in political inertia, with big repercussions for the entire net zero ambition. Without more electric cars produced in big numbers, the second hand market that makes them more affordable is undermined.
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