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EDITORIAL
Editor
Mark Simms BSc Tel: 01732 773268 A TALE OF SQUIRES, STEW
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mark.west@itmagazine.uk.com y daughter came home from school with a maths joke. Three mighty
armies gathered ready to do battle; one from the south and two from
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David Harman Tel: 01772 462596 the north. On the night before the upcoming battle, the soldiers of each
Marmy drank themselves into a slumber. Each army had a squire
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carrying its banner. In the south, the sober squire got ready for the aftermath
Regional Sales Manager (North of England, Scotland & Wales) of the battle. He prepared a big pot of stew, and then hoisted it high into a
Jan Anderson Tel: 01978 314730 tree with ropes to keep it safe. He also threw up a hangman’s noose,
jan.anderson@itmagazine.uk.com should it be needed after the battle.
The two armies from the north were traditionally enemies, but
Deutschland/Suisse/Österreich disliked the south even more. While the soldiers slept, the two
Eisenacher Medien Tel: +49 228-2499860 squires met and decided to pool their resources and attack the squire
info@eisenacher-medien.de in the south right now. If they could steal the southern army’s
banners, the battle would be over before it even began. So battle was
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joined, and the three squires fought hard through the night. But no
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advantage could be gained, and the three squires eventually fell, exhausted,
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with none able to claim victory. “Which just goes to prove,” my daughter
Special Projects said triumphantly, “that the sum of the squires of the opposite sides is
Steve Brotherton Tel: 01625 268585 equal to the squire of the high pot and noose.”
Anything that can enthuse children about maths is good because
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maths is important. Too often, unfortunately, the maths is forgotten in
MAILING ADDRESSES favour of the headline, and that’s where the preamble leads us somewhat
Press Releases: mark.simms@itmagazine.uk.com circuitously to electric vehicles, because this is where the maths is critical.
Advertising Copy: production@itmagazine.uk.com With the number of battery powered cars on UK roads growing, access to
Head Office: Victoria House, 2 Mornington Road charging points is key. Last autumn a report came out stating that there were
Sale, Cheshire M33 2DA now more charging locations (9,300) than there were fuel forecourts (8,400).
Email: it.marketing@itmagazine.uk.com This was hailed as a game changing moment, but lets look at the maths.
Circulation Department: PO Box 85, Sale M33 2BB The most recent figures for 2020 put the number of charging locations at a
Email: it.circulation@itmagazine.uk.com whisker over 11,000, with a total of almost 18,000 charging points between
them. The average fuel filling station, by contrast, has, let’s say, eight pumps.
GENERAL ENQUIRIES That’s a total of just over 67,000 pumps. Let’s be really generous and assume that
Email: it.info@itmagazine.uk.com Tel: 0161 374 5615 all of the charging points are rapid charge points. With that, I could get a decent
top-up to my battery (75%) in about 15 minutes. To do the same at a filling pump
As a controlled circulation journal, Industrial Technology is sent free would take around one minute. So to fulfil the same fuelling demand without cars
of charge to individuals in the UK who meet the terms and
queuing for miles out of the forecourt waiting, we’d need 15 times as many charging
conditions of the publishers. To apply for free regular copies, write to
points as fuel pumps – a total of just over a million.
the Circulation Department. To those not meeting the terms and
conditions, the magazine is available on UK subscription at a cost of According to Zap-Map, 495 charging points were installed in the 30 days to 11
£90 per year (10 issues). Single copies are £9. Overseas March. So let’s assume that we’re installing around 500 per month, 6,000 per
subscriptions (airmail) are as follows: Rest of Europe including Eire year. At that rate, it will be 167 years before the number of charge points is
£140 (single copies £14); USA $220 (single $22); Rest of the equal to the number of fuel pumps. The Chancellor allocated £500m
World £170 (single copies £17). funding for the installation of rapid chargers. That sounds a lot, but a rapid
charger, fully installed, comes in at a cost of around £35,000. So that £500m
Printing & production by Pensord Press, Blackwood, Wales is only going to fund around 1500 chargers – still some way off the million need before we
achieve parity with conventional fuel pumps. Considering that in only 15 years you will no
longer be able to buy a conventionally fuelled vehicle or a hybrid, the scale of the challenge
Industrial for charging infrastructure is significant.
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