An Australian Parliamentary committee has recommended that petrol and diesel cars be phased out in favour of electric vehicles in a report. This is not yet law but shows that the government is serious about reducing the dependency Australia has on oil and reducing greenhouse emissions.
(Score: 3, Informative) by deimtee on Sunday April 07 2019, @07:22AM
I agree on the need for Oz nuclear power but the reason they don't put them in deserts is not the transmission lines, but the cooling. Uranium makes a great heat source, but you need an equal heat sink to extract power. It takes a lot of water to cool a nuclear power station.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.