What's your source on that? That's news to me but I can't find it anywhere on the RSPCA website.
https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/cats
There's a lot of wild cats that live across europe, which is why the advise you get in the states is different because over there, cats are more of an invasive species which its prey haven't evolved with.
We have many species, but here's one example which has been around for 170,000 years: European Wildcat
Oh that's really cool I didn't know that. I probably got that wrong I haven't been in secondary school for a decade so I apologize.
For me, it's more about the experience of driving a combustion engine and I think ICE cars should quite rightly become a more niche hobby, but I'm glad they still exist and I still have the opportunity to drive one before they go extinct
I like electric cars, they're not for me I personally hate modern cars looks, computerisation, screens, and lack of any discernible personality, but the more people who own EVs, the longer I will be able to keep running my ICE car.
I do realise I'm a luddite, but I see vehicles as more than just a tool for travelling from one point to another- which EVs are great for- and more of a symphony of engineering to create something that has a distinct personality, every engine drives slightly differently and I think that is much more engaging than what is possible with EVs. (I do think the fake gear changes in cars like the Ioniq 5n are a bit silly as they're not necessary)
~~I don't know actual numbers but my physics teacher said that he'd worked out that his car which had almost 400,000 miles on it had just about created the same amount of CO2 emissions in its use as it had in its creation but regardless of whether he was correct~~ I think there's something to be said for not constantly replacing cars and keeping existing ones running as long as possible, there's a lot of materials that go into producing a car that are at best environmentally expensive to recycle.
I can't remember the exact message, basically when we upgraded about 10 of ours, they wouldn't let us make any config changes past a certain point because they saw themselves as non genuine even though they are we've recently replaced all of our switching, I'll boot one of them up once I get in and check for you (+IOS version)
don't update the firmware!!!!! these have a bug with their security module which essentially bricks them if you update past a certain point
I agree, but the point is that domesticated cats aren't invasive in the same way as they are across the pond. They are effectively the same species as european wildcats and have the same prey.