{"id":3755,"date":"2021-11-20T10:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/20\/we-morris-drivers-are-on-board-with-renewables-letter\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:36:20","slug":"we-morris-drivers-are-on-board-with-renewables-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/20\/we-morris-drivers-are-on-board-with-renewables-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"We Morris drivers are on board with renewables | Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owning a classic car doesn\u2019t make you a little Englander or a climate change denier, writes <strong>Ian Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martin Rowson\u2019s insertion of a Morris Traveller into a fossil fuel nightmare scene sparked my interest (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/picture\/2021\/nov\/12\/martin-rowson-on-attempts-to-phase-out-fossil-fuel-subsidies-at-cop26-cartoon\">Political cartoon, 12 November<\/a>). Nostalgia is a powerful thing, but it is clearly recognised that it is about the past. The ownership of a classic car of any sort is primarily about past memories, family, holidays and a love of simpler technologies. <\/p>\n<p>It is not emblematic of a wish to reintroduce societal inequalities or to endorse a little Englander mentality. Most owners would recognise that the use of a Minor on a high mileage basis is definitely over, and some have already adopted plug-in electric as everyday transport. I am certain that most would support an economy that had repair and viable reuse at the core. Give us a break, Martin!<br \/><strong>Ian Allen<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><br \/><em>Ely, Cambridgeshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/nov\/19\/we-morris-drivers-are-on-board-with-renewables\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5c67fdfd7c092e571f0e41b32bbf6af6d745c0ef\/0_182_5477_3288\/master\/5477.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b6691d4f0f286b11e70f731c09ad339a\" title=\"We Morris drivers are on board with renewables | Letter\" \/>Owning a classic car doesn\u2019t make you a little Englander or a climate change denier, writes Ian Allen<br \/>\nMartin Rowson\u2019s insertion of a Morris Traveller into a fossil fuel nightmare scene sparked my interest (Political cartoon, 12 November). Nostalgia is a powerful thing, but it is clearly recognised that it is about the past. The ownership of a classic car of any sort is primarily about past memories, family, holidays and a love of simpler technologies.<br \/>\nIt is not emblematic of a wish to reintroduce societal inequalities or to endorse a little Englander mentality. Most owners would recognise that the use of a Minor on a high mileage basis is definitely over, and some have already adopted plug-in electric as everyday transport. I am certain that most would support an economy that had repair and viable reuse at the core. Give us a break, Martin!Ian Allen Ely, Cambridgeshire Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owning a classic car doesn\u2019t make you a little Englander or a climate change denier, writes Ian Allen Martin Rowson\u2019s insertion of a Morris Traveller into a fossil fuel nightmare scene sparked my interest (Political cartoon, 12 November). Nostalgia is a powerful thing, but it is clearly recognised that it is about the past. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/20\/we-morris-drivers-are-on-board-with-renewables-letter\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We Morris drivers are on board with renewables | Letter<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3755"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}