It must be a tough time to be a political satirist. While most of us were grappling with the truly shocking news that Ray Hadley might not be a very nice person, the Morrison Government decided the hill it was going to die on was the Labor Party’s civilization-ending plan to have half of all new cars sold in Australia be electric by 2030.

I know we’re well past the point where reality has anything to do with what comes out of the mouths of our Prime Minister and his cabinet, but it’s probably worth at least mentioning a few facts. The first is the rationale behind Labor’s decision. Although the never-ending trainwreck of Australia’s energy policy tends to obscure the fact, electricity generation accounts for only about half of Australia’s greenhouse emissions. Of the remaining 50%, the two biggest components are agriculture and transport.