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‘Crazy not to’: soaring fuel prices send more Australians into U-turn towards electric cars (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to c/australia@aussie.zone
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[–] No1@aussie.zone 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

1000 SUVs

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...

[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 4 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man in the nt diesel is a whole dollar more then petrol

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Pretty much like that everywhere at the moment mate.

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

[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lets go lithium stocks!

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Urgh each week is either up or down a few thousand. Cant wait for a bit of stability lol

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

I manually do that myself. I believe in EVs lol

[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Trump is a secret environmentalist playing 4D chess. I’ve always said so. Electric cars will fix everything.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Electric cars will fix everything.

Really hoping this is sarcasm.

The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving.

[–] a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Very sarcastic. Loved your show btw.