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Only half? It would be more than that, and even more at a state level.Firstly
He's overstated his km's by near on a factor of 2, that or his ICE uses slightly less than 50% of what the manfuctures claim (this is bases on his fuel claim)....I call BS
Secondly
He has claim a lease payment that would cover the cost of a Model S, the Model S being twice the cost of this ICE....something doesn't add up even if you say his claim of lease including rego, insurance and serving.....I call BS.
Summary
Angus Taylor is an absolute lair, if caught telling outright lies it should be instant dismissal...of course we'd loose half of parliament on all sides of political persuasion....sounds ideal to me.
I saw Dale Stanbrough's estimate of kilometres a day in the comments. His estimates were way off.
It doesn't take into account commuting to parliament. 4 round trips per sitting week is about 15,000km/yr - and that assumes zero side trips to anywhere else in his electorate those days. Of course, any Tesla can handle a simple daily round trip from Goulburn to Canberra, and even a bunch of the competitors too. Especially given it'd be a piece of cake getting chargers or GPOs installed in parliament house. So those days aren't a concern.
And it also assumed that MPs only work 5 days a week during 30 weeks per year. I'd assume 6 days, though even 7 is realistic. MPs are expected to show up at the opening of a bottle of wine.
So assuming
60,000km total
Less 15,000km for commuting
Leaves 45,000km
30 weeks x 6 days working = 180 days driving
45,000km / 180 days = 250km/day (very reasonable for Goulburn - a city that's 100km from everywhere)
Driving hours/day at average of 80km/h = 3.1
His electorate covers Camden to Boorowa and down to Bungonia. Goulburn is dead centre. Any trip to anywhere in his electorate outside from Goulburn is easily 100-150km each way. And heaven help if he has to get from Camden to Boorowa in the same day, and still get home from Boorowa afterwards. He could put in a little charge at the single-stall NRMA charger at Picton, which is one street back from the old highway. Or, if it's occupied, detour into Goulburn and stop at either charger there. But MPs are always running late anyway. I doubt he'd feel comfortable stopping or detouring, even for 10 minutes.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's an unnecessarily hostile attitude. But it's also a fairly big electorate. And while there are chargers, they're all kinda inconveniently located off-highway. Mittagong, Goulburn and Yass include long old-highway detours. Maybe if either of the twin servos at Pheasant's Nest (next to the underpass), both of the twin service centres at Marulan, and the enormous service centre at Yass Junction, all had top-tier chargers installed, it'd be different. We're still a few years away from that level of infrastructure maturity.
I'd say accelerating the transition to renewable energy and electric transportation is very important to the country. I don't know what's to be gained by a large time gap between assuming someone is honest and checking the facts of what they are saying. It's not a moot point that you don't live in Goulburn - this man represent the whole country and the details of what he is saying is easily fact checked no matter where you live.While he probably is, I'd rather pretend, err, assume, that people are being honest. And then maybe call them out later, when they're demonstrably wrong, or have committed proven misdeeds. Though probably only about something important. Otherwise I'll just keep it to myself & think about it when an election is coming. Moot point though, as I haven't lived in Goulburn since mid last decade.
Always speaking and acting with hatred and spite is unbecoming.
In a democracy you get the leaders you deserve.
If you want different outcomes, convince the voters that your ideas are better. Channelling hatred just makes you look crazy. Government is important, but government isn't key to peoples opinions or their buying decisions.
I'm driving 50 Uber rides a weekend showing ordinary people how fun a Tesla is & answering questions & getting them over all their EV hangups. One of them was even a local run when passing through Goulburn. Remind me what you're doing?
It seems it's OK to be rude around here.I don't mean to sound rude, but you're "Remind me what you're doing?" was kinda rude....
It seems it's OK to be rude around here.
But please, go ahead, preach to the choir.
When you get a thumbs down on "speaking and acting with hatred and spite is unbecoming", stuff it, it's game on.You sang the first note....
The only thumbs down you got from me was just now on a few of your posts, it’s just means I disagree with you...no more...not a personal attack like you seem to think is justified for even those that didn’t give you a thumbs down....When you get a thumbs down on "speaking and acting with hatred and spite is unbecoming", stuff it, it's game on.
When you get a thumbs down on "speaking and acting with hatred and spite is unbecoming", stuff it, it's game on.
No, I don't think anyone really cares either.It is pointless 'waiting for the next election' to make a difference. Do you think the Australian electorate gives a *sugar* about