Motorcycle Travel Insurance- Is it Worth it? 

£2k for a bike tour tour on? What would be your picks? I’d love to hear your thoughts🙌🏻

Hi Freddie, I had a massive crash in Switzerland last year. Broke all my ribs, both shoulder blades and my spine. I now have 2 titanium rods in my back. I had ordinary travel insurance that covers bike touring. If not I would have had to say goodbye to all my savings and my pension for the hospital bills, helicopter ride, repatriation with a nurse etc andmore! Well worth the £39.00

A cautionary tale: I did my first couple of European tours without travel insurance and didn't even consider taking it out. However, on the last day of my third tour, a tractor turned across my path, which I hit, and I fractured both arms, knee, femur and a vertebra. Of course, I had no travel insurance so I ended up spending three weeks in Caen hospital, (treatment was top-notch by the way as was the food - wine or beer with your meal! NHS take note!), and my parents had to arrange repatriation with the help of my GP. I was _very_ lucky in that I did have my E111, which meant that the cost of my hospital treatment was covered, but I still had to pay for a private ambulance to take me on the ferry and over the channel where I swapped the French ambulance for an NHS one. And, since I lived only 20 miles from the port, I was quickly in a UK hospital for another two weeks. My only costs were the ambulance at about £80 and the _forfait journalier_ for hospital meals at about £5 per day. Without the E111, I'd have had a bill of over £30,000. Needless to say, ever since then, I've had travel insurance (and, of course, never needed it). So I'd definitely recommend taking it out and ensuring that it fully covers any potential hospital costs and will arrange and pay for repatriation. Note that some bank accounts provide travel insurance as a perk, but if you're relying on that, make sure it covers you as a motorcyclist. Ride safe!

I love the way Freddie always brushes inflation to one side.

Re your comments Freddie about the differences between us Brits and the Colonials in the good old US of A… I have to agree that we Brits do have a strange attitude to success. My retirement present to myself, (to add to my two classic BMW motorbikes a K1 & an R100RS) was a 2003 Mercedes SL500 which I have always considered to be a beautifully designed classic that has aged really well and still turns heads. The cost to buy was ridiculously cheap, £9500, (so far less than a second hand family hatchback) but my wife said she was embarrassed to go out in it as she felt people were looking at us!! She thought it was far to ‘flashy’ a car to be seen in! Luckily my grandson loves my ‘fast car’ as he calls it and is always desperate for the weather to be good so that I can pick him up from school with the roof down …. I’m pleased to say I’m bringing him up to be a true ‘petrolhead’ and he can’t wait until he’s big enough to ride pillion on my two bikes as well 😊

I think 3 things have absolutely transformed, and made more accessible, bike touring. 1: Smart phones with navigation and 24/7 access to #2; 2: an internet of everything with accommodation, information and instant answers; 3: social media (such as you Freddie). I think at the most transformative level, Apple and Google Maps have opened up the world at a micro-experience level.

The level of development of a city is not shown by the amount of poor people commuting by car, but by the amount of rich people commuting by public transport.

I own a 2001 955i tiger with 130000km on bord, and last summer we did a round 5300km trip from Romania to BG, MK, AB, IT, SL, HU, 2up with no issues at all.

Hi Freddie, I've been a fan of the channel for many years, but this is the first time I've messaged you. I'm a huge fan of the first 'Hinkley' Triumphs - ie the first triumphs built in Hinkley in the early 90s. these are known as Triumph 'T3s' or 'T300s', The model range includes the 750 and 900 tridents, 900 Sprints, 900 and 1200 Daytonas, the 900 and 1200 Trophies, and - the first 900 speed triples (the most beautiful bike ever created. possibly.) My choice of bike for your £2K challenge would be a Triumph 1200 Trophy - no question! I own 2 of these bikes, one cost me £900 and the other £1,700. they both came with tonnes of service history (they are usually fastidiously maintained), they had full luggage - 2x panniers and a huge top box, and they are all day comfortable. My first ride on mine was to ride it home to the midlands from where I bought it on the south coast in Dorset. I filled up near the sellers house on the south coast, and did the 207 mile journey home in one go - on one tankful of petrol - so I had no need to stop so I just kept going! Beautiful bikes, easy maintenance, 55mpg on a run, very comfortable, loads of power and torque, and tonnes of luggage carrying capacity. here's a couple of examples on Autotrader - www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/202110299009494?advertising-location=at_bikes&atmobcid=soc5&fromsra&make=Triumph&price-to=2000&sort=relevance www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/202404279122792?advertising-location=at_bikes&atmobcid=soc5&fromsra&make=Triumph&price-to=2000&sort=relevance Cheers and all the best, Steve

That Moto Guzzi cruise looks amazing. Didn't know of that bikes existence tbh.

So much to discuss in this one Freddie. First of all if you believe that the EU is not gonna come after old gas guzzling oil burning classic cars and bikes your nuts. They want the EV’s and they don’t care what it’s gonna take to make that happen. If they try to make fuel stations disappear to be replaced with charging stations there just forcing you to conform. Thankfully that won’t happen in America because EV’s don’t have the range we need for the big distances we have to travel. Plus they suck in the winter and it gets cold here. And as an American, and Kentuckian, I’ve never seen anybody be down on ya for having a nice car. Where I live there are Multi million dollar horse farms with huge mansions, million dollar thoroughbreds running around beautiful paddocks. And on the same road are shotgun shacks and run down trailers. We’re all Americans. And we all strive to get that huge house on the hill. But we’re not gonna run ya down if you didn’t get there yet.

Quite right about ev's, it has absolutely nothing to do with the environment!

I know all good things must end,but I really miss your old intro! The music and everything. But this is good too! Love the podcast.

FROM ALLOF US MICHAEL GOOD ON YA FELLA GOOD ON YA STAY SAFE AND KEEP RIDING !!!!!!!!!!!

The Carole Nash insurance riding in the EU, is for your own bike, NOT a hired bike. It is for a maximum of 90 days only, per year. It is for 30 days only per trip. (Max 3 trips per year).

There's a huge difference in motorcycle insurance and medical travel insurance, both of which you need to give you peace of mind. It's worth checking your breakdown cover as I did and found although I'm covered for the EU, that doesn't include Iceland where I'm touring now. I ended up with medical cover from Carol Nash as it covers you for riding any cc bike, all other well known companies I found, had a clause saying a max of 125cc, always best to read the conditions. I want to get home safe and with my bike too. Iceland is cheaper in May, here right now and loving it, but it is colder but so far it's been dry and bright. So far... 😂

Do my eyes deceive me? Freddie Dobbs - the man who travelled to Morocco with only a credit card and a 500 mil plastic water bottle talking about travel insurance?? What on earth is going on.. love you brother 😊

🏍 Your podcasts are getting so much better, thank you!

Great reading. See you next Tuesday.

Road trip without doubt a Benelli T.N.T. 125 small compact almost new if not new more than capable of up to 60 M.P.H. light if it goes over a child can pick it up massive smiles where ever you go very very reliable well proven motor!!!!!!!!!!!!! And to prove it last year at the T.T. I met a chap that had ridden from Germany on the afore mentioned machine fully loaded with camping gear and was loving every minute of riding that bike to the point I am honestly looking at getting one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was that about MOT's? Vehicles over 40 years old don't need an MOT.

Taking the advice of a friend I decided on a health insurance back in the late 80‘s for the USA. It cost me then round DM40,- for 3 months. Whilst in New York I got hospitalized which ran up a $25,000,- bill, no sweat as this was covered. It’s worth that little investment.

No NHS dentists locally. All dentist carparks full of BMW, Audi, Range Rovers..........

In Paris damage to new and expensive vehicles is a daily occurrence. Much, much worse than in the UK. If you buy a new vehicle, you must *_not_* park it on the street. It's not even very safe in a multistory car park.

I can top that, I brought my Triumph Tiger 1997 with 34000 miles on the clock for just £850 and it even made it into a write of the ABR magazine last year

I own a beautiful soft top sports car...as well as a KTM 1290 and have never experienced any envy or animosity. Indeed we are quite often asked if we mind people having their photo taken with it. Always pleased to oblige and sometimes offer a short ride in it, if we aren't pushed for time.. you reap what you sow Freddie!

Yes Dobbington!

Great 👍 bike the 900 Tiger , triple . I had the Triumph Tiger 955i 2010 model one of my favourite all time bikes 👍

Check the small prong of your holiday insurance. I was riding to the start point of a bike trip and suffered a mechanical breakdown, meaning that I had to cancel. Not covered for that, so I lost the cost of the trip. It wasn’t too painful, but at least it wasn’t one of these multi-week guided European tours that run into the thousands.

Triumph Tiger 955i (I literally just posted this before your said the Tiger 900) ;P

I’m Australian “ if your reasonable we’ll off “ “ your ALWAYS looked down “ as a capitalist “ as people that have achieved in life are by the less well off looked down on “ it’s called the tall poppy Syndrome “ , but the bike scene is not like that “ unless your a Harley rider “ to good for everyone else 😂😂😂. You definitely 👍 one of my favourite untube channels now .

As an american I have never known what my doctor drives. Guy must be in a city with his name on a parking space. I only know my doctor is doing well because I ask her. I also know how the people working for her are doing. I treat them like friends an neighbors, because they are. My Doctor was fired for not towing the line 3 years ago by the local corporate hospital. She opened up her own office, hoping enough patients would follow her to be able to pay the bills. 8 months later she had to stop taking more patents to be able to keep up, an has a full staff that also followed her. She is in an old building on a back road. No signs or advertising. She is covered up in work by word of mouth alone. Respect an trust gets you patients here, not what you drive. Whatever it is she drives, it is not noticeable. For that matter, there are a lot of millionaires around here. People on 1000+ acre estates an living in cliff side mansions. Some are names you would know. Never once seen a Porsche here. Never seen a Lamborghini here. A local who is a well known singer, while he does on 5 cars, none are new or all that exotic. Chevys an Fords. In my experience , people with money dont usually flash money. The people trying to fake having money are the ones flashing money. People in debt up to there eyeballs. Thats what I assume when I am in places like Miami an see those cars.

It is vital to get full medical insurance before travelling anywhere abroad. Most cheap policies have a maximum 125cc restriction, so it is important to check that the insurance covers any motorcycle. I had a good quote from BeMoto for my latest trip that allowed for an over 70 with high blood pressure.

There are plenty of stories on Horizons Unlimited about riders who thought they were insured after an accident, but were in fact only covered for low powered bikes. Its overlooked far too often. Also most conventional policies wont cover you for using the bike as your main mode of transport.

In New Zealand it's called the Tall Poppy Syndrome. (there's a Wikipedia entry for it). The tall poppies that stick their heads higher than the others get their head chopped off.

My 2K budget tourer would be a Royal Enfield Himalayan. It won’t get you there quick, but it will get you there and back 😀

I was going to propose the Tiger T955i. I bought a 2001 Tiger back in 2015 and its been a great, mile munching, comfortable bike. I now (at 63) find it too big and heavy but.... No1 Son is 6'7" and he now rides the Tiger more than I do. I also have a 1997 BMW R1100RT which I would also ride round the world if I had the balls to do so

Freddie, I came across this on a RU-vid video that may affect you? As you are earning £ from vlogging you should consult your insurance company if you haven't already to make sure you have the correct cover.

Hi Freddie how about a Yamaha fazer 1000 from year 2002/2003. I had one and it’s still one of the best all rounders I’ve ever owned. Currently riding a Moto Guzzi V85 TT 2022 model but I still remember how good that Yamaha was ! 😊

Budget tourer under £2k. I’m gonna go with the Honda Deauville 650. Comfy, reliable, panniers.

I've been scammed but every company I contact to get my money back say they won't take the case saying I'm paying tax and they can't take the UK government on 😢

i don;t need to watch and i can say - yes, it is worth it. 2 year ago i have trip to bulgaria. I pay for insurance about 50 euro. In bukarest my motorcycle broke. I call my insurance agent, after two hours i got towed motorcycle to workshop ( i pay only for repair) and payed back for 4 days in hotel. So i think this 50 euro was well spend

In the US… the better credit score, riding records etc the better discounts you get . My husband and I both ride new 2023 Harley Davidsons we pay $304 per year for both, however we certainly don’t get millions of $$ in coverage. It’s usually $20,000 to $100,000 medical, or property coverage and so on. Now our son in law also has a 2024 Harley and because he had a bike accident and a right off a couple of years ago, his insurance for one bike is $310 per year..we live in Florida, and motorcycles don’t have to be insured, if it’s financed then they want proof of insurance. Helmets are not required either, so for thousands of idiots splitting your head open if you crash, just doesn’t mean anything…🤯

Freddie, so-called e-fuels are just another bit of eco-window dressing. To replace oil-based fuels they need to be on a scale that isn’t actually feasible requiring huge scale crop production, fermentation, refining and transportation. With out-of-control population growth the real issue will be food production with e-fuels well down the pecking order. Eventually the penny will drop: net-zero not only won’t happen but attempts to force it are economically disastrous and environmentally nonsensical. With a large proportion of the planet committed to nothing those countries that are merely make oil and gas cheaper for the rest. Energy is the fundamental driver of all economies. It needs to be secure and affordable. The last 45 years (from Thatcher onward) have seen a staggering erosion of energy security and price both as a result of privatisation and “green” agenda. Spoiler alert: IT’S NOT GREEN.

Mate in Australia “ everywhere I see they are putting in more Petrol stations. It’s crazy we’re I live they have put in around 4 in the last 2 years . I don’t think fuel ⛽️ is going everywhere in a hurry .

For a big tour and 2000£, I'd get a Honda Varadero xl1000V or a Suzuki VL1500 Intruder. Both bikes are big and powerful and at the same time Soo comfortable and reliable.

Hi freddie. Touring bike to cover the world. Honda ST1100. Mine has done 30,000 miles and they will easily cover 250,000 miles. Fast, good economy. And cheap. £1500 would get a sub 40,000 mile bike.

I buy travel insurance for (health) when traveling to other Provinces in Canada or the USA.

Freddie , you missed one very important phrase in the Eu proposal , Those Vehicles Authorised to use the Road , this is the problem what vehicles are they going to allow on the road , i can see legislation coming in such as vehicle over a certain age not being allowed on the road therefore reducing them to trailered show only vehicles towed by electric cars if your allowed one ,

I moved to Vancouver island in 2006. We bought, renovated and sold three houses in about 12 years. Friends and neighbours were all happy that we made money on them, genuinely. Britain? Envy and jealousy.

2k? Yamaha xj600 diversion. ( earlier one, not the later xj6) Just under a grand up to nearly 2. Japanese 4 cylinder reliability. Unbreakable. Room for 2. Naked or faired. Carries luggage easily. I sold one with 60,000 on the clock to my brother. Faultless. 150 mile tank. Pay £ 12-1300 and use the saved money to travel. Ride safe 👍

Insurance is okay until you need to make a claim

Suzuki sv 650 (s) or honda cbf600s are very good and reliable bikes for les than 2000 £ and stil fast and fun enough to drive .

What about the electric grid? Can it handle the load. Imagine a garage fire full of electrical cars. There will always be gas stations because of everyone driving gas cars. Less demand for gas will result in cheaper gas prices.

I have travel insurance with my bank. They offer UK+EU breakdown cover with AA, Travel Insurance (which would cover medical expenses resulting from a motorcycle crash) and mobile phone insurance for £13 a month, which gives me enough peace of mind.

A Friend of mine in Australia done a tour around most off the Alps in Europe. 6 of them 2 up of 3 Ducati Mulistratas. Long story short a tractor with a trailer ( and a cow on the back ) came around the corner - on one of the Apls in Switzerland on the wrong side of the road , the tractor jack knifed and roiled over , the first rider through Not injured BUT unfortunately nest 2 bikes the trailer fell on them . My mate spent 6 weeks in a coma, ( to many injuries to list ) his wife was lucky with only a few broken ribs . The other couple riders wife lost lher leg , and her Husband he had loads of injuries as well . Long story my mate that had insurance EVERYTHING was covered - even a chartered flight back to Australia with a Doctor. Other couple ( no insurance) we’re faced with a MASSIVE BILL and had to do a “ go fund me page to pay costs . Whichi think 🤔 is poor form .

Most travel insurance will only cover you up to125cc bike.

Hi Freddie we’re not in the EU or am I wrong?

Freddie I use motorcycle action group travel insurance . Which as well as motorcycle travel and accident gives me personal health coverage, full holiday insurance , luggage, theft , cancellation etc . Last year on holiday the women in the next room had their room in the hotel robbed loosing money , passports , clothing and other items. If they were insured they would have been covered. 4 years ago in India a family in the hotel had their safe robbed loosing a considerable amount of money. Again had they been insured. I had an incident about 6 years ago when I snapped my ear pug off in my ear. The Spanish hospital charged my insurance £3000 to operate. I’m an older man and also have diabetes and a heart condition. All this for £ 140 a year world wide cover. You like me have just returned from Goa , where 6 people a day die on the roads ( according to local police) . Imagine something happening and hospitalising you and Monica and then requiring medical evacuation.Whilst in hospital the owners may have emptied your air bnb . The bill could have been 10s of thousands . To me it’s a case of , I can’t afford not to be insured.

That Tiger has 50k km on it, not miles. Having recently had my well looked after and serviced '07 Triumph go bang after 32k miles, I think I'd go Japanese for £2k... Suzuki V strom 650 maybe.

1998 Ducati ST2 £2000. Includes Panniers. Non Ulez exempt but what a bike for the money. Ideal to visit Ducati World on the Italian Adriatic in July.

Freddie, your comments about people envious of expensive vehicles, I have found some of these people are arrogent and look down their noses at you if you're not on the "right bike". Also have come across people talking rubbish about bikes they claim to own. Wear a t- shirt with a TT logo on in a pub and get a lecture on how fast they've been around it!!

People changing their cars every 2 or 3 years isn’t anything new. That’s been the case since the 1960’s! Whilst I agree it would make sense to keep cars much longer, economically that’s going to a) destroy the motor industry and b) increase second hand prices as seen in Covid when new supply was limited.

Most if not all those brands will be out of business by then but I agree with some other comments. We unfortunately will be just forced out of i.c.e . by the governments of the world making so hard to get fuel. We can go on and on about it but let's face the facts. It will happen if we like it or not.

I picked up my California 1400 on a 2015 plate in 2020 height of covid for £8200 thanks to covid all second hand bike prices have risen I believe as secondhand stock levels have never really recovered so the Cali now goes for £2-3k more than it really should. Lovely bike though but I would be wary of buying one now at 10k plus simply because it is a 10yr old bike in the main woth parts not easy to come by and expensive.

re ; EU regs on old cars. (vintage) - who collects vintage cars? people with money who have a lot of power based on their wealth who would hand the politicians' heads to them if they tried to remove vintage cars from the road.

I guess those on Lease cars changing every 2-3 years creates an EV second hand market

we need to tell the eu, to do one,as we are not part of it anymore..........

If there's no medical cover in case of an accident then it's just motorcycle insurance, not motorcycle travel insurance. Also, you need to be careful with medical cover as my world wide travel (medical) insurance covers me on my own motorcycle for any medical bills resulting from an accident but NOT if I've rented a motorcycle above 125cc. Read the small print!!!

I think that petrol stations will exist for a long time as there is no legislation proposed to ban petrol and diesel electricity generators and every EV car will have one of those in the boot by 2030, especially as the national grid cannot support all those vehicles.

You could have claimed for your laptop on that spanish trip!

2k honda varadero 1000

Battery technology as well as MASSIVE infrastructure spends would have had to be progressing extremely rapidly at the start of 2020. There is no way IMO they are going to hit 100% by 2030. I don't think they could really hit 100% by 2040.

Where's Freddie? No upload this week? Hope all ok.

You need Full travel insurance which covers travel "where the principle form of transport is a motorcycle". you also need cover that pays for Medical Evacuation etc (medical evacuation cost > £35k from France before brexit) There are some caveats - you must wear clothing specific for riding a bike. Look at the evacuation costs! Your family would need to find that money "NOW" not "we will have to remortgage". Only a complete idiot would travel abroad without such insurance! Go to LV Insurance for a decent policy. Many insurers will insist that you carry a GHIC Card, and present that FIRST if requiring medical attention - don't forget to take it !!!

believe it will start w stolen vehicles or junkyard then bill will change then get rid of classics as well, they want all petros to be eliminated

24 percent of the total passenger car fleet in Norway is electric...locally sensible, globally a disaster. Larger areas in Europe are, and more will be, prohibited from traveling in anything other than emission-free cars.

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Re: The English Disease Spot on observation about the difference between Brits and Yanks, but I wonder whether America’s aspirational consumerism is the real “disease”? I certainly know which lifestyle is most harmful both to the environment and to an individual’s mental health 😀

20:28 it's the result of social inequality, not envy. And the more prople are desperate the worse it'll become.

I think Freddie that the negative envy many British have is down to their thinking that there is only so much money in the national pot and if you own a Porsche etc., you are taking more than your fair share. Hence the hate. The Americans believe that everyone and anyone can can own a Porsche if they put the work in and there is no limited national pot, so they just admire those who make it and succeed. A far better attitude I think.

Ntv deuville

I certainly won't be buying an electrically powered Rolls Royce.

Real answer is synthetic fuel which would lead to fastest uptake and lowering of the said”polution” levels. As you said, this is not about climate, its about profit and control.

There should be an initiative to reduce engine size and improve economy. There’s no need for EVs if a sensible approach was taken.

European motorways are lonely places if u get a breakdown

Next EU dictate: No vehicles with round wheels allowed on EU roads.

Did you say you pay £60 a YEAR for your insurance??? I pay £1.400 for an Iron 883 that stays in a 24/7 privately secured residencial complex… in London! I could buy a new bike every year if I paid what you pay! 😂😂😂

FREDDIE YOU OWN NOTHING BUT YOU BE HAPPY "WEF" IT'S BUSINESS RIPPING OFF THE CONSUMER, UNFORTUNATLEY PCP IS GROWING I'M ONE THAT USES IT DUE TO THE LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS, AND I HAVE NEVER KEPT ANY BIKE MORE THAN 2 YEARS

Freddie I would really like you to have a look at the Benelli T.R.K. 502 and poss give it a test !!!! I have just sold my over rated 1200 G.S.and very very very expensive to run bit of rubbish machinery. Ok ok all G.S. lunatics will take offence and give me stick but its true it really is ?? Anyway the T.R.K. 502 has blown me away for the price it really has.Is it just me or have others had a go at this fantastic machine only negative being will never be as quick as a 1200 but I tell you what it is not that far behind and the purchase price plus depreciation figures will make your eyes water Why spend 13 14 15 16 17 .20 K when you can have a bike at around the 6K mark that does the same ???AND IT DOES WILL NOT OVER TAKE AT 80 PLUS LIKE A 1200 BUT HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO THAT ????? Just a thought !

This is big story to be told. They try to push evs banning motorbikes....huh.

Hi Freddie next month I’m going to Spain with Biking Abroad. You fly out to Alicante and use their bikes whilst getting a guided tour by the owner. The bike/accident is fully covered by the operator for insurance purposes but not medical insurance for myself. I’ve got normal travel insurance for holidays etc but this does not cover me for riding a motorbike over 600cc. I can up my policy for an extra £10 and this will give me full medical cover if I have an accident including later repatriation all medical bills etc. if required. This is with admiral. Bennett’s who my bike is with will not cover me for riding any bike in the EU and most companies will not cover me if I don’t have a UK policy with them for my bike. So the answer for me was to have normal holiday accident cover £35 per year and up this for a modest fee £10 to ride any bike for medical purposes. That seems to be the answer if you want to hire a bike abroad rather than take your own.

How are they going to produce the required amount of electricity ? That production will affect the supposed climate change. You don’t produce electricity out of thin air.

Hi, my experience doesn’t match yours Freddie, I’ve been driving various BMWs, Porsches etc for over 20 years and never encountered any issues of jealousy, vandalism etc. To be fair I live in the countryside so maybe less likely to be an issue, but I regularly visit London by car and not had any issues there either. Maybe I’ve just been lucky 🤷‍♂️😃

and if ANYONE trusts a politician I have a beach front property in alice springs for sale

I wouldn't have any insurance if it wasn't a requirement, i would of saved a small fortune over the years, in fact my last motorbike was ridden around on made up euro plates for years no insurance no tax no fines for speeding and never bothered by anyone, that is a freedom!

An electric "Roller?" If the electric vehicle is as fuel efficient as the current petrol models, that's gonna be a range of 100 miles between charges. Good luck with that, the AA will be towing them home at a rate of knots, that's for sure. Regarding the States and lack of vehicle envy, people may admire your car, but there are a good many that would rob it at gunpoint!

insurance is worth it if you need it - if you don't then it is a bloody scam - pick one

You will own nothing and be happy 😮

Where are the plants/crops going to be grown for these synthetic fuels. If arable land is used for this purpose, such will be the demand, it will lead to food shortages. Put simply, this is not even a partial solution as the cost will remain prohibitive as legislation will be used to protect food supply. Try again Freddie. The electric revolution will stutter due to consumer resistance and lack of infrastructure.