Comment on Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?

• psud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m on a visit to the wine region around Adelaide, and am staying in Willunga. The trips I’m doing need a car, and the timing would be similar and the cost higher if I had flown to Adelaide and hired a car for the month

  And I couldn’t have seen the painted silos had I flown

  And I couldn’t have seen the sights of the great ocean road had I flown

  And road trips in an EV are quite nice.

  You can make good savings by not having a car at all, but that’s not possible outside Sydney and Melbourne and probably Hobart

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  • Tenderizer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    So I should spend more money and natural resources on an overpowered EV so I can save a little bit of money on a wine tour?

    Also, I’d just take the bus or train. I wouldn’t really fly domestically because planes suck.

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