52: Old Enough to Drive (Electric Cars) But Not to Vote

Congratulations Victorian Greens for winning every seat in the state election! Emerald and birthday boy Tom debate whether we should change the voting age to 16 after the recent NZ court ruling (5:43). Emerald is contrarian! Then they talk about electric cars and some new amendments to make them cheaper (35:46), but is the real solution actually cars bad? Finally, a call to action (1:01:27). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  New Patreon episode just released - Tom and Emerald chat about Max Chandler-Mather’s free breakfast passion project, how it makes kids happier and better students, and why means testing ruins everything. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand’s small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. Links - Come see us LIVE at Greens National Conference in Meanjin/Brisbane on Sunday December 3rd! https://contact-ag.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=12534&reset=1  Buy some Greens gin while you’re there! https://greens.org.au/greenslander-gin  Drink while listening to Tom guesting on the Trashfuture podcast - https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/second-life-finds-a-way-tf-live-in-melbourne-feat-tom-ballard/  Then buy Tom’s book which is out this week -https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/tom-ballard-i-millennial  And come to the book launches in Melbourne (Wed Nov 30th with Osman Faruqi), Sydney (Fri Dec 2nd with Jan Fran) or Brisbane (Tues Dec 6th with Emerald!) https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/tom-ballard-i-millennial  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.