![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, for America it would be the gun, while for Australia it would be the car. If you had to pick a machine which summarised European civilisation, you would say the ship. We've designed our cities around cars, more so than even the United States, which is saying something. We'll be dependent on the car for a long time to come. What do you think the future of the car is in Australia? Do you think it will become just an item we use on the weekends, or will we still rely on it for the daily commute? While some of us are maverick pioneers, most of us are pretty slow to be drawn into the future. I still think that's a long way off, though. When you drive your car to work and plug the car in, it could feed into the grid and help supply the city's electricity. Yes, but who knows what form it'll be? It could be like what Better Place are trying to do now with electric cars that are tied to the grid. No matter what's fuelling them, cars will still play a big part in Australia's future.ĭo you think there's a need and a desire for locally engineered and designed cars? While the rest of the world is heading there, we're very reluctant to join the crowd. The whole world is turning on carbon and dirty energy, and one day, probably 10 years from now, petrol-powered cars will be going the way of the dinosaurs. ![]() And, as a society, I think, we'll find it hard to let cars go. I don't think that type of culture is so prevalent anymore.īut I also think we've become a profligate society, and we intake so much stimulus nowadays it would be good if we could go back to those car-based holidays. I think in the '60s, it was a family rite to get stuck in the back seat watching the Blue Mountains or Gippsland pass. ![]()
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