Day 10: Scooter

Today: Joues de lottes à la crème et au Viognier accompagnées de tagliatelle

I finally sold my last ever petrol scooter today.  I think I can safely say that 13th April 2018 will be the last day that I ever owned a vehicle with an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE).  From now on an vehicle I own will be powered by muscle or electricity.  Actually I can't wait for ICEs to be completely banned.  Can you imagine what a difference it would make to our lives?

• No more pollution in our cities
• No more constant noise as we just hear an occasional woosh
• More leisurely travel time (On long trips you stop more often on to charge your electric car)
• Healthier eating habits as you stop for a 1 hr meal to charge your car instead of eating a sandwich on the road.
• No need to master the stick shift (electric vehicles do not have gears)
• Less gas stations as you can charge your vehicle at home or on small discrete public chargers
• 20% of global warming is due to ICEs.  So between that and the cold showers we would be well on our way to achieving the COP21 pollution reduction targets

Now I need to to think about which electric scooter I will buy.  Isn't that an ideal situation, I get to buy myself something new and save the planet at the same time! Guilt free buying.  Its a bit like eating after a fasting day.

So if any of you still have a facebook account (which would be surprising by now) lets get the NICE (No Internal Combustion Engines)  movement up and running with an aim of a total ban on all petrol based vehicles by 2022.