c/australia · by Fallstar@mander.xyz · 1y

Queensland council abandons EV charger installation plan after 'dirty nickel' media report - ABC News

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105177008

How dumb can you be? 🤣

23 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world

6 Comments

tjhowse@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y

Fortunately there are no ethical problems with obtaining oil for petrol-powered cars.

korda@aussie.zone · 19 pts · 1y

Last paragraph of the article blows my tiny mind.

Cr Belot said he was willing to take that risk. "I am prepared for a few EV drivers not to come to the region if it means changing the world," he said.

i’M cHaNgInG tHe wOrLd!!11

zero_gravitas@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y

Non-AMP link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/yeppoon-council-suspends-electric-vehicle-charging-project/105177008

Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y

perfection is the enemy of progress you ~~dumb fucking purity politicking fuckhole~~ silly person

Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

Maybe they should commission a stainless steel sculpture instead

SteveTech@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y

Surely this wasn't the same report that failed to find any EV maker that actually uses 'dirty nickel', but concluded they were anyway.