We missed that boat, most of the population has been vaccinated 🤭
Best we can hope for on the depopulation front is a good dose of Mother Nature at her worst, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes etc
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I could jump on the soapbox here , but not a good idea.
Xmas rive with boat dog and kids $360 in fuel++[bigwhistle] Not grumbling I had fun in a week off. Local paper suggested a heap of 50kWh charge options will soon make my EV chemo runs very easy. That like all the ICE cars I suspect are being dumped here worries me a little. Much of the shortly to be available tech from Quatumscape and similar ( I do not hold company any more- Sold way above current prices [biggrin])
I would love a 50 kWh charger in all the planed locations in SW vic. I think 500kWh or more might be a smarter option[biggrin] 3000 plus phone calls today with under 600 able to be answered showed me my online COVID booking system is the only real option. The Tech changes are occurring at a mind numbing rate. Still think hydrogen is my pet development to watch[bigwhistle]
Cheapest EV (or was) MG ZS EV - about $45,000 drive away (or less) (about 150kw/360nm?) - "doesn't feel like a cheapo".
Best value for $ (bang for buck) EV is the base-model RWD Tesla 3 - about $60,000 plus ORC - gives you about 290kw & 600nm?, maybe less)
Best future-proofing with V2G etc - Hyundai Iconiq 5 - about $70-75K - about 190kw/500nm? - but the tech is up-to-the-minute.
"Annual Holiday Panic" I don't quite see. Most people will leave home from 'the home petrol-I-mean-Electricity-station' fully charged; most won't be travelling more than a single charge's worth of distance - there will be a demand surge at mid-points and holiday destinations but that will correspond to a demand-drop at departure points.
The 'we-can't-do-it' objections coming from the Federal (not the State!) level of government relate more to their party contributions than they do to problems which are totally addressable. "We have the technology" but we don't have the will. And we've got a decade or so to get this sorted, even if we have to rely on the States, not the Feds, to get it done.
Not denying we have the tech, just the money to do it - governments of any description aren’t going to sink the billions required - they will leave it to private enterprise - and there is no return on investment for all of this so I can’t see how it’s going to get on.
That's a commendable if somewhat optimistic view of human nature!.
I'm more likely ( especially observing first hand, the antics of city dwellers here, approx 400k south of Perth on their holidays) to experience some quiet roads round here if everything moves to EV .
4x4 mainly , towing , overloaded with bling, bogged on beaches at least 50% of which are being driven by know it all bogans who would normally be in Bali but for covid.
Happily, most of these won't make it here in the future as it would involve planning and thinking ahead.