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It seems to be part of the current "culture war" in Britain — at least judging by the promoted Facebook posts I see. Over half of London's buses are electric (
by Symbiote 3y ago
It seems to be part of the current "culture war" in Britain — at least judging by the promoted Facebook posts I see.
Over half of London's buses are electric (11%) or hybrid (44%) so it's not surprising that fires are now affecting these.
- graemep 3y agoPromoted FB posts are a very bad measure of what is happening. They are designed to provoke people and get reactions - it is all about engagement. I do not know what the motive is (some way of making money no doubt) but it is clear to me that these are mostly just trying to get comments and reactions. I strongly suspect a lot of what I see on FB is not even human written - lots of jokes that do not quite make sense, minor variations on things I have seen before that also do not quire make sense.
- Symbiote 3y agoThere's also reporting like "Officials today launched an investigation after one of Sadiq Khan's electric buses exploded during today's rush hour". [1] "A huge blast ripped off the back of an Optare Metrodecker 1050 bus"... yet the picture shows the back of the bus is intact. [2] Daily Mail nonsense like this was enough to influence the Uxbridge byelection (over LTNs), but I'll admit I'm too far away from Britain to know the situation. [1] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12950765/London-electric-double-decker-bus-fire-Wimbledon.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12950765/London-ele... [2] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12955781/Wimbledon-bus-fire-TfL-electric-buses-service.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12955781/Wimbledon-...