As I have mentioned previously I am a bit biased and very into any classic machinery that basically burns fossil fuels...lol
Yes it does look like the good old days are over and it's only a matter of time when they start to phase out most fossil fuel dinosaur technology in favour for new modern electric alternatives. For me though I will not convert or change to anything electric until I have no choice. That is when they no longer allow us to purchase petrol from a local service station then I will have no choice but to buy a damn electric lawnmower or car to keep on living. Mind you I hope this isn't done for a very very long time.
Also from many reports it's understood on a global scale Australia only produces around 1% of total world carbon emissions. Yet we are told by world leaders and the greens/labor (sorry after I hear Anthony Albenese open his mouth and rant on about electric cars this and reducing emissions that I sometimes think he's now the greenie greens leader) to do more to reduce emissions I actually agree totally with Scott Morrison's position on this issue. One of world's biggest polluters China didn't even turn up to this event then you hear some people from that event saying "Oh we can't understand why Australia isn't doing more on this or some garbage" oh please give us a break and bugger off! Where was China and Russia at this event? China emits around 30% of global emissions and they basically gave everyone the middle finger at this event. I mean seriously to tackle this problem if you can't get the world's largest emitters on board then there isn't much a country like Australia with around 1% of global emissions can seriously do. Yet it seems we are targeted like we are one of the world's biggest emitters.
I will basically support whichever political party that will let me still enjoy my classic petrol burning motor vehicle and lawnmower and garden tools for many many years to come! LOL!
Also for those that may not know much about lawnmowers etc. Do many of you people remember the good old Victa 2 stroke aussie made lawnmowers? Anyway the government has actually banned the sale of any new 2 stroke lawnmowers because they are basically too dirty and polluting and well whatever other bullshit the greenies have sunk their teeth into now and we have lost our own aussie made legend which we can't even buy new here anymore. Oh but there's no ban on buying any other 4 stroke lawnmowers on the market that from some media reports (although the greenies also have these on their hitlist to go next and force everyone to go electric) are just as polluting as the 2 stroke lawnmowers but anyone can still buy these from anywhere today. It makes me sad that we have lost all our car manufacturing in this country and we have also lost even our good old little aussie 2 stroke lawnmowers aswell.
Just to mention how dodgy all this banning of the sale of any new Victa 2 stroke lawnmowers is. There is no ban at all on the sale of all other supposedly dirty smoky highly polluting 2 stroke engine items like "line trimmers, chain saws, and leaf blowers". Yes WTF you might say? Well it seems that the humble little old dirty polluting 2 stroke engine is still the best little cheap bang for buck motor for those garden tools that they simply can't replace it with anything in the time being...lol So I guess then it's ok to still sell these to the general public for now.
Been electric with the garden tools for years now. Mower, leaf blowers etc. Not for any ideological reason, it's just way easier. It's come a long way.
Let's say China isn't investing heavily in renewables. They are. They're the global leader on investment in renewables. They aren't dumb. It's just complicated when looking at their emissions, growth, CO2 and investment in renewables. One also has to factor in how much of their CO2 output is making crap for the rest of the world.
Buying electronics made in China with CO2 output, sailed across the seas on large ships emitting CO2. Then going, "it's not our emissions" is stupid. That's just part of the complex nature of this stuff.
Let's say China isn't investing and rolling out renewables. We constantly hear of the "threat of China." Well wouldn't this be one of them?" Refusal to act on emissions reduction. A global threat. So why the fuck would any logical response to that be, "well fuck it, let's also contribute to that global threat and make things worse." It's stupid.
We've already seen in Australia that new coal power plants don't make financial sense, with the Government coming in to suggest funding them at a loss because no one will invest in them. We're building coal mines with no sound business case because the coal export marketing is going to disappear. Losing billions of tax payers money so a few rich people can make some cash in the dying days of the industry. Meanwhile, developers of green technologies are going overseas to places like China to get funding because there's no local support. We're a dumb country.
It makes no sense.