A looming Australian federal election and the increasingly bitter carbon wars have resulted in a series of campaign promises that are even madder and more destructive than the usual attempts by politicians of all sides to be seen to be green.
These include Labor pledging to ensure that half of all new cars sold will be electric by 2030, and that half of all electricity generated will be from renewable sources by the same year.
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