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Railway and light rail infrastructure gets blocked by NIMBYs.

Bike and Pedestrian infrastructure gets blocked by Automotive industry groups.

Bus routes suffer from the same issues as automotive congestion.

The current State Government is being crucified by the expenses on Railway infrastructure and their efforts over the last half-decade catching up with the neglect from the previous decade.

I think that this soft-crash in fossil fuel is a good step towards a completely electric future.

For me, the difference in filling up the Jimny then and now is the cost of a Stale Meat Pie and a bottle of Rancid Iced Coffee.

I would love an EV as a daily driver, but I do enjoy my forays into remote locations; something that isn’t possible in any EV, and isn’t practical in a pretend 4WD such as an lifted station wagon** or a diesel-guzzling 4WD tradies pickup***.

(I refuse to call anything a **Sports Utility Vehicle that isn’t sporty or utilitarian) (I refuse to call something a ***Ute, unless it is a traditional Coupé Utility like a Proton Jumbuck or Holden 53/217)

Remember the Octopus Act in Victoria? And how all that infrastructure had been allowed to deteriorate and now we are lucky if we have a Bicycle path instead of Rail infrastructure?

Remember when Reduce was above Reuse and Recycle?

Now it is is consume, consume, consume.

You had to make sure it is timed to the speed of the traffic so that no-one has the opportunity to read every “page”.

As long as Plugshare data is accurate. A lot of towns only have a 3kW public charger.

No one does the maths to determine that it would take 20 hours to fill a 60kW battery.

Some have 7kW and some even have 22kW, so you can park your car in a side street for 3 hours before you can continue your journey.

Fast DC chargers are available in main highways, and more are being installed all the time, but just because a charger is shown on Plugshare; there is no guarantee that it; A) will be in service, B) will charge your car in a reasonable time, C) will not be occupied.

Apple Wallet lets me choose VISA or EFTPOS on one of my debit cards. It works with my watch and also my phone. I assume GooglePay would also has this feature.

My other debit cards don’t have this option.

EFTPOS and OSKO. The problem is that some modern payment processors don’t accept them.

EFTPOS and OSKO are semi-public payment methods (sponsored by the banks).

I have now configured ApplePay to use EFTPOS rather than VISA on my debit card, where possible.

I already pay my masseuse with OSKO because she prefers it to cash, and there are no fees.

I will still use Credit Cards for online purchases because; Online stores only accept VISA/MasterCard (and sometimes AMEX) and the Consumer Protections provided by the Scumsuckers are actually quite good.

fIrSt ThEy CaMe FoR tHe FrAcKiNg CoMpAnIeS…

… and petrol company’s are already preemptively jacking up prices again;

Doing a Coles.

Up Up! Prices are Up!

You are not the only one. I interact with a lot of right-wing nutters and also right-wing “normal” people who are now blaming Trump. Even the cookers and Red Hats are rethinking their world view.