Politicians and media can't imagine a fossil-fuel free world - and it's holding Australians back from huge EV savings | Adam Morton

Australia is well behind other countries in embracing clean cars - it's past time we kicked into gear on going electricWant to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter hereFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesIt is tempting to think about what could have been. In 2020, a time many people would prefer to forget, there was a significant push to set an end date for the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.The UK had announced a ban from 2030. India - the world's most populous country and which, like Australia and the UK, uses right-hand-side drive cars - had a target to do the same. In Norway, about 60% of new cars were already electric.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton's Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...