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A few of the bogans I work with (I'm in a small spot in Tasmania) have asked me if I'm feeling pleased with myself for buying an EV
The local petrol stations have been emptied by people panic-buying
I have thoroughly enjoyed saying "yes, yes I am"
am also in a tiny Tassie town in the NE with an EV, there is a Tesla Y up the round, an old Nissan Leaf, our BYD and that's it. Also cycle on our ebikes when we can. I'm retired, my gf works 3 days a week part time uses the ev for that, Coles delivers and we can collect from the back of the truck
Fucking totally blows my mind the locals drive everywhere like 30mins into the nearby big town to buy 2l of milk... , 1/2 of them have solar panels but none an ecar.
Aussie solar over foreign oil!
Yes! Even beyond the environmental angle, energy independence is so important.
The EV parts and supply chain is all foreign and there aren't enough options for "dumb" vehicles which aren't dependent on software services and updates. A home grown ev running on open source software would be brilliant. As it is I would prefer to drive my decades old ICE vehicle smaller distances and less often and use other forms of transport to fill the gaps.
I mean, the foreign parts, supply chains and proprietary services and updates are all the case for every other modern vehicle too. I'm not sure why that comes up in EV discussions so much.
Many older ICE vehicles can be modified to use LNG which we practically give away. We also have plenty of oil but we mothballed or closed most of our refineries as they were too small in scale to compete internationally. We had a vehicle and parts industry here and we still have some people who can make parts for ICE vehicles even if we don't have the equipment to do it at scale anymore.
Based on that I think if it went Max Max here it is more likely someone would be driving a 100 year old guzzoline powered Ford Falcon than trying to keep an EV running past 10 years.
All the value of the vehicle is created overseas so I don't see the sovereignty argument. We are a net energy exporter. Energy independence is only one aspect. How are people going to get parts for their BYD when the US starts a war with China?
EVs have their advantages and disadvantages. They are all effectively disposable and don't have a good recycling story so I think there is a huge amount of green washing. We need to adopt EVs to reduce emissions but they are terrible for the environment in other ways. Better to focus on public transport, urban planning, e-bikes IMO.
I have solar at home, with Australian made panels and stuff
They were more expensive, but I wanted to support local industry and have a warranty worth something
I've been wondering whether I'll be EV road tripping to Queensland in a month or so instead of flying, because I'll at least be able to drive it even if it takes days. Who knows what the supply of jet fuel or diesel will be like.
Probably not a lot, I’m in Australia B
Has Delta Goodrem been over there finalising this along with her Eurovistion duties?