DavidDoesLemmy

Cars kill way more people and they're not suggesting we ban cars.

It also smells a bit that politicians are exempt.

They should index it to inflation. Otherwise it is an underhanded way to start taxing most people in the future.

We need to get these death traps off our roads! If anything else was killing people at these levels, they would be stopped. Somehow cars are exempt.

You're conflating vehicle form factor with age and features.

Have many micro interactions. Say good morning to the people you pass. Ask if you can pat someone's dog. Don't try to turn these into something more. If you break the ice a little, the people who are interested will make it clear from there.

Do you have any links to an Australian government storing excess energy in hydro during the day? I don't think that's something available in any part of Australia currently.

New solar, by itself, is not very valuable because the grid has a surplus of power when the sun is shining. The feed in tariff is near zero. It can offset some of your own usage but most people are out in the middle of the day.

If I want cheap rent, the solution is to buy?? Ok boomer

Why do you assume renters want to stop renting? Mostly renters just want better renting conditions. I support many changes to rental laws. But I don't think skipping all the low hanging fruit and enforcing solar and batteries is realistic.

Insulation should be a must. Repairs should be done in a timely fashion.

No way in hell they would ever make it mandatory for rentals. They've barely made smoke detectors mandatory for rentals. Removing negative gearing won't help. It will make rentals more expensive.