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On Monday, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report, which says unless we start reducing carbon emissions now, our planet is at risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people.

One of the many recommendations in the report was for us to start using electric cars instead of petrol and diesel, but is the Rhondda ready for electric cars, does it have the infrastructure?

With the majority of Rhondda people living in terraced houses with no designated parking or driveways, parking can be a free for all in most streets. Parking outside your own house is normally a luxury only reserved for those who are lucky enough to own road cones to reserve their space when they go out.

So, the thought of owning an electric car and struggling to park it outside your own home to charge, is very worrying for Rhondda people, and has been putting them off buying electric cars.  Mary Fringe from Blaenllechau said, “It’s absolutely ridiculous really,  I wouldn’t be able to park outside my house due to them next door having three cars and two vans so how would I charge it, it’s a good job I don’t drive.”

Thanks to a leaked council document, My Rhondda News can now reveal that we have nothing to fear, the council have already come up with plans to dramatically change the infrastructure to allow people who live in terraced houses to charge electric cars in their own streets. “Extension Leads, that’s the answer,” said council spokesman Lyndon Flaps, “We’ll hand out extension leads to everyone who needs one, if they’re not long enough they can have two and join them together, and so on.”

The report also said that from 2020 onwards, council bin men will hand out extension leads during their rounds, Mr Flaps said “The bin men already hand out recycling bags on their rounds, getting them to hand out extension leads too is a great way to save on carbon emissions.”

Flapps continued, “The only downside of the plan is that if people are joining two or more extension leads together, there is a danger of electric theft, as a neighbour could plug into your lead and steel your electricity, but fear not we are trying to come up with a way of stopping this from happening.”

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