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This is not the fight for the UK to pick. Successive Govts have run down our steel (Aluminium is tiny) industry. Our exports to US are circa 160k tonnes compared to EU production of 130m tonnes and export of 3.6m tonnes. US’s own production is circa 90m tonnes. We should stay out of this one and win somewhere else. What it reiterates though is the UK’s gross stupidity in allowing the cessation of steel manufacturing in this country; it’s fundamental to any manufacturing economy……. And by manufacturing I mean a blast furnace.

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@cummquott I just report SMMT and other reputable industry numbers (ACEA etc); I’m sorry industry facts don’t fit your version of the truth- good bye!

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You’re right in so far as we should try to improve Maths and English during the course of the apprentice (one reason I like the minimum of 1 year) but I do not think a decent and practice mechanic should fail their level 1 or 2 apprenticeship simply because they can’t pass a Maths / English test yet pass all their practical tests. Nevertheless I respect your opinion and input.

I think it’s best left that synthetic fuels can achieve Euro 7 and are carbon neutral. It is a fact that they emit pollutants from the tail pipe and that is their technical downside in an urban environment. The main issue is the cost of the fuel and the amount of (sustainable) energy required to produce it.

I think there is some truth in that (I peaked as A Grade Exec during my time there so too far away from decision makers). But I suspect Honda didn’t understand the BAe / western culture and would have never believed a national asset was for sale. In my view, Honda were great partners to Rover

@g__j China peak Co2 in 2024 and will now reduce through sustainable energy measures. Air quality has been transformed by EVs over the years I’ve been going there.

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@Picnicqueen32 Or lower cost maybe VW ID4

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Yes you combust it in an ice much the same as gasoline - the engine being 80% carry-over. You still produce NoX so adding Oxygen is sometime seen as required in addition to a NoX trap; great for commercial vehicles and towing / off road cars potentially but to be compared with synthetic petrol.