Chris Bowen urges motorists not to panic-buy petrol

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The world seems to go through this cycle every four years. People buy huge gas guzzling SUVs, war breaks out in the Middle East, gas prices skyrocket, everyone complains and panics. You’d think people would have caught on by now.

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  • Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At least this time around we’ve got EVs as an option. Obviously if youre unable to afford a new car this doesn’t help, but its something.

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    • zurohki@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can buy a low end EV for about $25,000 now, which is still a decent chunk of cash but they’re not $65k any more.

      It’ll take a couple of years for these to show up on the used car market, but they’re coming.

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• No1@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Politician who is given a car and driver preaches to the peasants.

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• Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m gonna panic-ride-my-bike more.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fire!!!

  Don’t rush for the doors.

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• thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hopefully this will make a number of people reconsider the size of the vehicles they require, and switch to smaller hybrids and/or EVs.

  The new BYD ATTO1 is really tempting as a secondary run-around car for when me or the missus needs to do a solo trip.

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  • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hopefully this will make a number of people realise how heavily car dependent we are in Australia, not to US-levels, but pretty significantly.

    There’s no solution to traffic other than viable alternatives to driving.

    We need to invest in quality public transport, and in the meantime rapidly expand bus routes (making them less spaghetti-like, and increasing frequencies)

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    and switch to smaller hybrids and/or EVs.

    The result of that would be significantly more strain on the grid, and even more increases in power prices. Yay.

    I love EV’s and my next car will be one, but we need to get our power grid shitshow sorted before any significant percentage of people get EVs or we’ll be up a creek without a paddle.

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    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They don’t make supply hoping for extra demand anymore. It goes the other way around.

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    • Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Solar and batteries will take up a lot of the strain and provide the population and nation more independence and sovereignty over their energy usage and consumption;

      Except for the major percentage of the population who can’t have rooftop solar, don’t have space for a battery and can’t afford a new car, but also don’t have access to public transport infrastructure.

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