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“Worlds largest coal port” should be specific enough, surely.
It’s not the direct effect of delaying a few ships for a day, it’s the media coverage. Rising Tide has become a well known protest in Australia and it gets international news every year.
Also - possibly most important - it helps get on board the people who complain about climate protests disrupting “ordinary people” instead of the fossil fuel corporations directly. It’s much better PR to be seen to inconvenience the conglomerates.
In the 2025 summer, Climate change-driven summer heat caused 16,500 additional deaths across Europe, study estimates
The rapid analysis found that climate change was responsible for around 68% of the 24,400 estimated heat-related deaths this summer. Warmer conditions, amplified by human-driven climate change, increased daily temperatures by an average of 2.2°C, with peaks of up to 3.6°C.
The report highlights how even small increases in temperature can result in thousands of avoidable deaths – with older adults particularly vulnerable. People aged 65 and over made up 85% of the estimated deaths.
The formal report: Summer heat deaths in 854 European cities more than tripled due to climate change
6·19 days agoThey’re required only for the for-profit stations, not the vehicle itself.
Many of the chargers that are at petrol stations and shopping centres in Australia are on a paid “network”. Instead of something simple and universal like credit cards, many of them require you to use their "network"s app to book the station, unlock it when you get there and pay for usage.
Around Victoria at least there are plenty of free ones around, some are hooked up to dedicated solar and batteries.
Isn’t that when you give a pigeon a bit of food and it vocally thanks you?
Edit: No wait, that’s a bread coo
The cheapest fossil fuel cars in Australia are AU$18,000 new, so $24,000 for an EV is very cheap. Until recently the cheapest EVs in Australia were about $40,000.
I quite like the styling of this, more than many far more expensive cars. Generally I prefer angular, geometric asthetics to the bubbly blob car styles we went through about 10-15 years ago. 80s fastbacks were peak vehicle design for me.
Probably the cheapest way to pay for transport.