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Boomtown, I was referring to New York City specifically, not the whole of the USA. Obviously most of the country is similar to Australia in the factors I mentioned. Fifth, how about if we add obesity, mental illness (we have the 2nd highest consumption of anti-depressants in the OECD), social...

I don't mean just in terms of cost but also efficiency in relation to that cost. Australia has massive suburban sprawl and that is not conducive to electric vehicles at all. I don't know why we have to be so obsessed with this kind of living. Do people in New York or Paris care about electric...

Electric cars will not be a viable alternative for most people, especially since people are already all "ZOMG electricity prices are going up !1!!" Can you imagine people also paying to power their cars with electricity (which is a lot more expensive than petrol)? I can't. I believe only the...

A bit off topic (but related to cars/petrol) - a colleague at work today made a weird comment about me living so close to work as if it's some kind of achievement to have a long commute every day. I'm a bit baffled by this and wonder if others think the same? I think it's great and love the...