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HS2 and electric cars, UK vs China emissions & massive maths errors

Can you really buy an electric car for everybody in the UK for the cost of HS2?

Can you really buy an electric car for everybody in the UK for the cost of HS2? That claim was recently made on Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme. Also we look at a viral claim that 1 in 73 people who received the Covid vaccine in England was dead by May 2022. Plus we look at the size of the UK's carbon emissions when compared with China and talk about how a recent More or Less maths error pales in comparison to one in the Guardian.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Nathan Gower, Natasha Fernandes
Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Richard Vadon

00:45 HS2 and electric cars
06:37 Deaths and the vaccine
15:43 Massive maths errors
19:33 UK vs China emissions

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28 minutes

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  • Wed 30 Aug 2023 09:00
  • Fri 1 Sep 2023 16:30
  • Sun 3 Sep 2023 20:00

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