I think you are posing a very important question Peter. We can hope that Governments, Universities, Economic Consultancies and associated lobby groups plus any non-government Bodies with 'skin in the game' are all setting up study groups to inform future plans.


Briefly I would observe that we need two areas of concentration namely:


1.) Seek to support, continue and improve internet based communications systems to enable the growth of good quality 'mixed mode' remote working, including transfer of centralise office arrangements to regional 'communications hubs' for those for whom 'home working' is not practical.


2.) Seek to continue to address measures and long term studies to more fully understand and thus limit 'man made fuelling' of climate change, including a more efficient use of all costly, scarce 'enabling technologies' such as lithium, cobalt, copper, and associated 'rare earth' (magnetic) technologies. E.G. Better for us all to 'share' these scarce resources between, say, one Million Pedal Assist Bikes, and Tuc-Tucs than concentrate the same resources on the manufacture of just 6250 'grossly inefficient' battery electric cars. (64KWh BEV/0.4KWh E-Bicycle = 160 and One million divided by 160 = 6250)


Fortunately, the implementation of 1.) will actually directly support and assist the pursuit and achievement of 2.) through a significant reduction in 'unneccessary' fossil fuelled road traffic. Widespread (global) implementation of programmes to enable 1.) and 2.) will also help to change our bad habits by the removal of the inexorable 'societal pressure' for every man and woman on the planet to drive round in a 1600 Kg Sports Utility Vehicle (whether BEV, Hydrogen or Fossil Fuelled) !

I think you are posing a very important question Peter. We can hope that Governments, Universities, Economic Consultancies and associated lobby groups plus any non-government Bodies with 'skin in the game' are all setting up study groups to inform future plans.


Briefly I would observe that we need two areas of concentration namely:


1.) Seek to support, continue and improve internet based communications systems to enable the growth of good quality 'mixed mode' remote working, including transfer of centralise office arrangements to regional 'communications hubs' for those for whom 'home working' is not practical.


2.) Seek to continue to address measures and long term studies to more fully understand and thus limit 'man made fuelling' of climate change, including a more efficient use of all costly, scarce 'enabling technologies' such as lithium, cobalt, copper, and associated 'rare earth' (magnetic) technologies. E.G. Better for us all to 'share' these scarce resources between, say, one Million Pedal Assist Bikes, and Tuc-Tucs than concentrate the same resources on the manufacture of just 6250 'grossly inefficient' battery electric cars. (64KWh BEV/0.4KWh E-Bicycle = 160 and One million divided by 160 = 6250)


Fortunately, the implementation of 1.) will actually directly support and assist the pursuit and achievement of 2.) through a significant reduction in 'unneccessary' fossil fuelled road traffic. Widespread (global) implementation of programmes to enable 1.) and 2.) will also help to change our bad habits by the removal of the inexorable 'societal pressure' for every man and woman on the planet to drive round in a 1600 Kg Sports Utility Vehicle (whether BEV, Hydrogen or Fossil Fuelled) !