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Just mentioned on the news there are proposals to increase the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne to 22 lanes. Think of all the emissions.

As has been stated a number of times in this thread, there are horses for courses. There will be a need for some IC vehicles for the foreseeable future. Heavy haulage, road trains, etc, as well as outback vehicle hundreds of km's from anywhere. But the majority of vehicles targeted for replacement are those choking metropolitan roads.

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Quite often these vehicles are barely crawling along or even stationary, burning up fuel, and belching toxic emissions. When electric vehicles come to a standstill, their motor(s) stop.The target is for 50% EV's and then only for NEW car sales. No plan (yet) to remove existing IC vehicles. This means that phasing out IC altogether is a long way off, definitely not in my lifetime, and I guess even my kids lifetime. (My eldest two are over 45.)

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From my point of view, the important thing is economy. I currently drive a 19 year old 4.1 litre Falcon. It guzzles fuel like there is no tomorrow when driving within the circle in the map above. Not so bad on an open road. Jump on the freeway and drive at 100 km/h and the computer shows the Distance to Empty (DTE) climbing the further you drive. Back in the circle, and the calculated DTE ticks down like the timer on a microwave.

The map below shows the recharge points around my place (red star). The brown ones are hi-power centres. To see the points in your area, click here.

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Most of my 'journeys' are under 12km round trip, with one trip a month a total of 60km. The nearest recharge point is 3 km away, and I could walk across the road to the shopping centre to shop while the car recharges, (free at present), so something like the Leaf would suit my purposes. I usually have 2 POB and a couple of bags of groceries.

As I said in a previous post, I am in no position to get a car of any kind, even something like a 1998 Holden Astra, but if I were, the map below shows why something like the Leaf would meet my needs. The circle is a 5km radius around my place.

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What was it like to drive, Octave? Did it take much getting used to? Was the limited range restrictive? Did you charge it where you wee staying, and were there any special requirements for recharging?

Tough luck if you are an Irish blonde.

A blonde gets a job as a physical education teacher of 16 year olds.

She notices a boy at the end of the field standing alone, while all the other kids are running around having fun kicking a ball.

She takes pity on him and decides to speak to him.

'You ok?' she says.

'Yes.' he says.

'You can go and play with the other kids you know' she says.

'It's best I stay here.' he says.

'Why's that sweetie?' says the blonde.

The boy looks at her incredulously and says, "Because I'm the Goalie !"

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No Space, I couldn't afford to buy a tube for a pushbike.

There are currently 9 used Nissan Leaf EV's listed on carsales.com.au all under $30,000, the cheapest listed at $22,888.

I checked the recharging stations, and the closest to me is less than 3 km away. They quote No charge to charge.

Hyundai IONIQ and Kona EV threat (Article dated Dec 8.)

Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, how did Jesus manage to find twelve guys with names like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Thomas, Peter, Andrew, etc.?

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Irish Mirror

(I hope this brightens up your day)

After living in the remote countryside of Ireland all his life, an old Irishman decided it was time to visit Dublin.

In one of the stores, he picks up a mirror and looks into it.

Not ever having seen a mirror before, he remarked at the image staring back at him.

'How 'bout that! he exclaims, 'Here's a picture of my Fadder....'

He bought the mirror thinking it was a picture of his dad, but on the way home he remembered his wife didn't like his father, so he hung it in the shed, and every morning before leaving to go fishing, he would go there and look at it.

His wife began to get suspicious of his many trips to the shed. So, one day after her husband left, she went to the shed and found the mirror.

As she looked into the glass, she fumed, 'So that's the ugly bitch he's running around with.'

It's for the gay brigade. Kicked off the beach in Spain. Nickname Schlong thong.

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Next year's beach fashion. Don't tell me, you'll need a larger size.

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One of those BMW's regularly visits our neighbour who is a senior Amway distributor.

Looking at concept cars, there are a plethora with swing up or gullwing doors.

I see Hyundai is now running regular TV commercials for the Kona Electric.

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I've said it before, but our local member, Michael Sukkar, LNP, is always out meeting constituents. He holds weekly meeting points at shopping centres, railway staions, etc, attends umpty two functions and presentations at sporting clubs, schools etc. He has organised funding for many road improvements in the electorate, extended car parking facilities at major railway stations, security lighting and CCTV at shopping centres - the list goes on. These are not election promises, these are works currently in progress. He supplied funding towards building our men's shed, and bought a Saw-stop saw for the workshop. (Check out Saw-stop on Youtube.) Here is a photo of me (brown jumper) and other shed members talking with Michael (dark suit) on one of his visits to our shed. He also visits other sheds within the electorate. Haven't seen hide nor hair of the ALP candidate.

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50th anniversary of a giant leap.

That goddess Eostre was also involved in futility.