A load of old flannel
I've just checked out the Government's own figures and delivering 1kWh via mains electricity to your socket in the wall produces 0.43 kg CO2. Generating an equivalent 1kWh using 'evil' petrol and an internal combustion engine only gives out 0.24 kg CO2.
So let me get this right, the Government are going to subsidise the buying of cars which, whilst having an equivalent power output, churn out nearly twice as much CO2? Surely they should be giving me £5K to buy a lovely new petrol car? Or is it only a bit of green flag waving to appease the environ-mentalists who aren't sharp enough to understand the science?