• MisterFrog@aussie.zone
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      4 days ago

      Electric cars will fix everything.

      Really hoping this is sarcasm.

      The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving.

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    5 days ago

    I wonder if the Lib/Nat parties are still worried this will “destroy the weekend”. There was such fierce opposition to even the suggestion that Australia should consider moving towards electric vehicles. And now a few years later, people are asking why we didn’t start sooner.

  • No1@aussie.zone
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    5 days ago

    1000 SUVs/Monster trucks

    3 sedans

    2 coupes

    1 hatchback

    FFS give us more choices with smaller, lighter cars! 15K a year is 40km a day and 280km a week!

    Meh, if I’m lucky, I’ll be be able to justify being rid of a car…

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      5 days ago

      If you reckon you can make no-car work, then I say go for it. My household doesn’t have a car and it works very well for us. The viability of being car free depends a lot on where you live and work, but some things that might seem like barriers actually can be got around with minor lifestyle changes. So if you’re considering it - then I encourage it.

    • Dave.@aussie.zone
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      5 days ago

      Pretty much like that everywhere at the moment mate.

      ~2.25 for unleaded and ~3.20 for diesel in Brisbane.

    • zurohki@aussie.zone
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      5 days ago

      Probably not - we’re already shipping sodium batteries and there’s a good chance they’ll take the entire stationary storage market.

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          4 days ago

          Not financial advice obviously. But there’s an ETF called DRIV which invests in the whole EV supply chain. From the minerals to the car companies.

          Might be a bit more stable if you believe in EVs.