Estonia’s reputation as one of the most wired-up countries in Europe has been boosted further with the opening of what is being billed as the world’s first nationwide electric car charging network.
And where does that electricity come from? It's not delivered by fairies - the vast majority comes from burning fossil fuels. There are advantages to using electric cars but you're not really solving many problems by buying a fancy new car. And in fact, by giving people the illusion of this being green, it can make matters worse by sanctioning environmentally-damaging behaviour (people think 'I've bought an electric car so it's OK if I take a holiday in the Seychelles).