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Comment Thanks ScoMo - "I don't hold a hose" (Score 2) 8

So not only are we (Australia) exporting massive amount of COAL, we're burning coal (and the worst type of coal - lignite - at that) to make Electricity at 1080gCO2-e/kWh - for Victoria - far worse than any other country/

We have no carbon reduction plan other than a vague "Net zero by 2050" hand wave. Then on top of this, our bushfires have created CO2 and also Ozone Layer damage.

I doubt ScoMo will survive the upcoming Federal election in May - too many things have been bungled - bushfires, vaccines, and now floods.

Comment Re:let's stop pretending (Score -1, Flamebait) 156

It's worth pointing out that Electric Jesus' SpaceX Falcon rocket runs on kerosene that comes out of petrol refineries.

So "Big Oil" isn't going anywhere, and we still need oil for plastics, fertiliser, pharmaceuticals, lubricants, explosives, etc.

Buying an EV is nothing more than a needless geek toy. The average person cannot afford to spend AU$50k on an ENTRY-LEVEL car, when they can get a brand new MG for about $30k less.

You can do the maths, but in Australia, based on the mix of energy, EVs are actually more polluting per KM than Petrol cars. (See the Volvo XC40 vs XC40 Recharge study for the facts). And that's not even taking into the account the extra 9300kg eCO2 used to make the XC40 Recharge over the XC40.

Comment Pity about though the facts (Score 0) 156

Pity they're based on:

Earth-destroying Lithium (750kg water / 1kg Lithium, in some of the most arid places).

Child-mined Cobalt

Filling up landfill with dead battery packs that can't be economically recycled

Typically take 150,000km-200,000km just to break even over an petrol car for a country like US or Australia for CO2 emissions (battery manufacturing =~175kg CO2e/kWh)

And that's before you even think of the economics - for a car that might save you AU$500/year on Petrol (Electricity still costs money), but the car is AU$70,000 when you can get an ICE car for $20,000

Oh, and to the Tesla Fanbois out there who no doubt will object - You did of course run your old car completely into the ground right, rather than just unnecessarily buying a brand new car which took ~ 25Tonnes of CO2 to produce, right?

Comment Re:Not the only problem... (Score 1) 376

Ok, using plugshare.com or abetterrouteplanner.com to plan a route, with, say:

a MG5 EV car,
with EVERY charger network (excluding mains)
with EVERY SINGLE type of plug,
with the range set to max
with the radius for charging station set to max
you cannot drive from Adelaide to Perth.

Hell, you can't even get from Port Augusta to Ceduna, and that's in the same state, and just 291 miles (450km).

Comment Re: EV's are cheaper than gas cars as of now (Score 1) 376

You cannot buy ANY BEV car in Australia for less than AU$45k. (Some MG model). If you do the maths, the cost of ownership of a MG BEV car is $35k higher than an equivalent MG ICE car over say 8 years.

And 63pc of electricity is still generated in Australia by coal.

And some trips you just can't make in an EV car. Eg Driving from Adelaide to Perth.

That's why less than one in a thousand new cars in Australia is a BEV. PHEVs are a lot more visible (ie Toyotas)

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