No, not the inoffensive 80s pop band but instead a rather clever reference to the Iran war and the imperilled shipping route that is pushing oil prices through the roof.<\/p>\n
I could have also called this post \u201ccareless days\u201d, another clever bit of wordplay on one possible governmental intervention into our precarious petroleum supply. Of course, as an EV owner, I\u2019m somewhat insulated from the direct effects of petrol price shocks. I hear that some EV owners are posting smug memes on social media, but as the owner of a Tesla I\u2019m trying to keep a low profile. For some reason, they are the EV that ICE drivers hate the most, and it\u2019s not all because Elon is the most repellent man on the planet. (Honestly, how does he have so many children with so many different women? I suppose being the richest man on the planet might go some way to explaining it. ) It seems Teslas are the BMW of the EV world. I\u2019m very keen that my car doesn\u2019t get torched by an angry mob, especially as it\u2019s got those disappearing door handles that give it both a beautiful sleek profile and also a well deserved reputation as a death trap. It seems that if the car loses power you can\u2019t even open the doors from the inside, not an appealing feature in a machine with a battery that burns hotter than the sun.<\/p>\n
You may find this hard to believe, but I can remember carless days from the first time around, although I can\u2019t remember what day my parents chose. My father in law, on the other hand, \u00a0was in the sweet position of having two cars, a rarity in those days. One was a 4WD for the farm. I\u2019m told he decided to choose the same carless day for both cars, in order to do the right thing and not cheat. No record of what my mother in law thought of this, sadly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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