{"id":1124,"date":"2017-08-12T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T17:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2017-08-12T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T17:48:15","slug":"beam-me-up-scotty-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1124","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Beam me up Scotty&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.#innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1124\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1124\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Star Trek - Beam Me Aboard\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqNwj8HSVKc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The UK Governments recent announcement to ban the sale of new diesel &amp; petrol cars by 2040 is just another exercise in &#8216;smoke &amp; mirrors&#8217; &amp; puts most of the onus on Local Authorities &#8211; &#8220;The government will require councils to produce local air quality plans which reduce nitrogen dioxide levels in the fastest possible time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By 2040 Technology may have advanced to the point where we no longer even drive &#8216;cars&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Looking back 23 years ago was when the world wide web was born. No iPhones, No Google, no Netflix, mobile phones had batteries bigger than the phone &amp; we watched movies on VHS tapes. Back then only 7% of cars were diesel &#8211; that was before the Government encouraged the production &amp; purchase of diesel cars in an effort to reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions in the face of global warming.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that in the next few years Electric cars will begin to dominate the market; all of the big players already have plans in place to make at least 50% of all new models Electric.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge is having the infrastructure in place to keep pace, charging points at workplaces &amp; in Cities will be a massive bottleneck in the near future. They are committing 100 million GBP to this in the way of grants &amp; this is a good start but unlikely to deliver the required changes fast enough. Anyone who has driven on the M6 regularly will tell you they have been building a &#8216;smart&#8217; motorway for 4 years &amp; it is not due for completion until 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Read about the Government Plan for Clean Air Quality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/air-quality-plan-for-nitrogen-dioxide-no2-in-uk-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0&amp; form your own opinion.<\/p>\n<p>As we move towards an era of electric autonomous vehicles the biggest threat to the manufacturers will be that of ownership. If I can summon a car on my mobile &amp; get driven anywhere &#8211; a grander form of &#8216;Uber&#8217; &#8211; why would I want to &#8216;own&#8217; one.<\/p>\n<p>By 2040 I may be able to teleport via quantum entanglement &#8211; no doubt the Government will have to invent a new tax to replace that currently used to tax the roads.<\/p>\n<p>chris@amberhill.biz<\/p>\n<p>www.amberhill.biz<\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1124', '%26%238220%3BBeam+me+up+Scotty%26%238221%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B.%23innovation')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Governments recent announcement to ban the sale of new diesel &amp; petrol cars by 2040 is just another exercise in &#8216;smoke &amp; mirrors&#8217; &amp; puts most of the onus on Local Authorities &#8211; &#8220;The government will require councils &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1124\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,29],"tags":[134,104,25,125,126],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive","category-social-commentary","tag-automotive","tag-cars","tag-change-management","tag-innovation","tag-social-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1128,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/1128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}