Oil prices are rocketing as we speak, in the time it takes to read through this short article, you can bet your bottom dollar another 3 pence will be added to the cost of a litre of petrol. It is literally frightening for the motorist and this is also apparent for anyone that drives a motorbike.
Okay, so car companies are starting to evaluate the possibility of electric cars, but when you consider the way oil is fast running out and that it needs to be procured from increasingly dodgy parts of the world, they are not doing so fast enough.
This is also the case with electric bikes To be honest, this mode of transport makes total and utter sense. It is excellent for the environment and it would certainly save the rider a fair few pounds each year. This begs the question: why are manufacturers not pulling out their fingers and encouraging such alternatives more stringently?
Perhaps this is an area where the government needs to step in more. And definitely not just in our country, but in the nations where the population is exploding and the biggest threat to the environment is far more prevalent. The United Kingdom contributes hardly any pollution to the environment in comparison with giants such as India, China and the United States.
In short, it is now time to move away from our reliance on petrol-powered modes of transport. Electric is the only viable source of power that we know we can continue to produce, therefore the manufacturers really need to get a flipping shift on!