[Preview] EVs | Honest Government Ad
Dear Patrons
Here's the preview of our the next Honest Government Ad!
We had fun filming some silly outdoor scenes for this one and can't wait to share it with you all!
I'm just putting the finishing touches to it now so I'll be publishing it soon - I'll send you another post soon to share the video.
If you have any good suggestions for the Authorised By message at the end - please feel free to share them in the comments!
Take care,
Giordano
Comments (50)
Great content as always. One thing I've noticed on this, and some of your other videos, is that the audio seems out of time with the lip movements?
Thanks Neil! Yeah sometimes the sync is a little out in some place. But if it looks like it's entirely out of sync throughout the video, this is actually due to the audio and video being mismached on some devices - it happens especially when watching it on mobile via a browser. As opposed to desktop or mobile via a dedicated app (eg YouTube or facebook). Can you please try watching the video on your desktop or via the app and seeing if you still have the issue?
oh this is choice. There has to be a way to use FFS the Department of... Fossil Fuel Subsidies (or something) Bravo can't wait to see the outdoor scenes too!
Well done everyone and look forward to the release. Very timely too with Scott Morrison's latest gaffe at a Climate Summit. He wasn't punched in the fucking face but someone did leave his mike turned off for the first 37 seconds. No audio problems for the other leaders. Even Sky News had trouble covering for him this time!
It was excruciating to watch. Thanks Michael!
Great work as usual. As if I wasn’t angry enough! Could you somehow et up an automatic petition/letter to MP’s after the HGA?
Yes Lisa! We're linking to this one https://nb.tai.org.au/dump_ev_tax
Great work! Clear script contrasting what could happen with what sadly is. Keep up the good work everyone!
Yes, I'm trying to focus more on the positive things we're missing out on rather than just the shitty things - thanks Edward!
I'm excited to see this FFS! I've been an EV advocate for years, and am appalled how the fossil fools are pulling out all the stops to thwart them. My own state levies a "penalty" tax on my EV every year, which is —as you say— nothing more than a mammon-grubbing ploy. Years ago I proposed to our lawmuckers a much better, fairer, more equitable solution to pay for our roads as the transition to EVs rolls out: http://bit.ly/payroads It fell on deaf ears, of course. BTW, I'd be delighted to learn if you, Lucy, Ellen, and Zoë now drive EVs! Please tell me it's true!
Thanks Mark! Alas, we are far from being able to afford our first EV! But hopefully in a few years once the second hand market kicks in we'll be able to get a Leaf or similar!
Brought to you by your caring government who wants to maintain Australia's inventory of fossil fuel autos to assure increasingly damaging wind-driven forest fires to keep you cozy.
Wow, literally breathtaking! Shall we rename Oz as Mordor? Since that where the evil shitbags seem to concentrate... Once again, stunning work. Even here in the UK our government shitbags have EV incentives!
“... which might explain why you keep re-electing us...” ! Love it! Another very clever script. Thank you. Can’t wait to share it.
Thanks Sonia!
Authorized by the Department of FFS.
I love it, it' brilliant. Excellent topic, excellent work.
Thanks Greg!
OMG the humiliation of having such a shitfucked Government just keeps on keeping on! FFS did you enjoy Scomo's Zoom performance in front of 40 World Leaders ?! Cringe worthy bullshit from Scotty yet again. Has he not fully registered that we are all fucked if the Worlds Governments don't agree to reduce carbon emissions and start using green energy right now ?!!!!!! I was hoping my eye rolling days might have been less now Donald Trump has fucked off (thank God!) but nooooooooo Scomo has stepped up and is now making my eyeballs hurt again hahahaha
Too right! Plus yesterday all the world's governments promised to cut emissions earlier and yet still pollute including ours in the UK widening roads, sanctioning coal and destroying forests for projects that won't be carbon neutral for 120 years (way after it becomes unable). They're all at it, sadly, not just your government.
Once again direct hit on shitfuckery of our governments. And I definitely support the hit on the Victorian Labor government for such a stupid idea to tax EVs. No government is perfect, and in this case the Vics are way off. Here in the ACT the Labor/Greens government is actively encouraging the take up of EVs. Vic be like the ACT.
Agreed John, the ACT is doing it right!
Very good. Well done.
Thanks for another excellent HGA. This might just be me, but I found the music (I think it's the volume) too distracting in this video. I had to concentrate to keep the attention on the script. I don't recall this ever happening before. I think it is the volume, but it might be also the track (the fact that it has a 'voice' element seems to be mixing with the voice narration and distracting from the script). Again, this might just be me.
Thanks for this feedback Benito - I'll take a look at the levels!
the gift just keeps on giving, ffs
Tesla #cyberzoë sorry cybertruck
Hey #gio #giosaysitsoktosayshitcunts whoops anyway put in that crazy tesla suv
Perfection! *chefs kiss*. Authorised by the Department of Fucking over the Environment.
Authorised by the Department FOR Fucking over the Environment
Is this how propaganda gets people? It just sounds so believable they don't fact check anything? Because I just realised I never fact check this stuff I just totally love and believe it hahaha
Good point Laurence, I would've loved to mention China - there was so much I couldn't fit in :-/
You might want to double check Norway, I understand tolls were free for Vs but now are https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-news/how-a-ha-helped-norway-ev-incentives
Thanks Caroline, I realise some EV incentives in Norway are no longer applicable (eg using bus lanes), but I think the point that counts is that they did have those incenvtives to encourage EV sales at the start to help kick it off
Some of these Authorised by suggestions are bloody funny
So, as a voter outside of the "major" parties, I totally see your point of criticising the Vic govt, I just hope you don't find yourself in a diehard, defend labor at all costs shitstorm.
It might be! We're always being criticised for not commenting on the Vic State Govt so either way we cop it from someone ;)
I wrote a 'form letter' for people wanting to write their MPs about the "clean air tax" - see https://davesag.medium.com/the-clean-air-tax-is-bad-policy-e15a73154164
Authorised by the Coal-Rollers Club of Australia.
yep, in fact it could well be the "Gold Standard" Coal Club of Australia
Brilliant. Taxing EVs because the drivers don't pay for petrol? Hmmm not only does that discourage buying an EV but it also forgets what most people seem to forget: EVs need power and I'm guessing you have to pay for power in Oz plus pay tax on the power you use. So, effectively it is even worse as the EV owners do pay tax on their "fuel" since they have to get all that electromotive force from their power utilities. So I'm guessing this is "Authorized by the Department of Excessive Virulent Stupidity", or something better than that ;-)
Good point Robert!
Authorised by the department of Fossil Fuel Fondlers.
China introduced a bucket of incentives for EVs and escooters several years ago to reduce air pollution in the cities and I saw cleverly jerry rigged transport buses to run on and off overhead wires like a tram by raising a crude charging arm when on streets with the electric cable and lowering when driving down other streets in Beijing. A contrast with China who is pretty topical might be a red rag for future reference?
Good point Paul (Sorry for the typo earlier!) I would have loved to talk about China as a point of comparison - there's so many things I would have liked to include but couldn't due to the length.... (That's what the podcast is good for!)
Authorised by Electra Progress
Who are they Leigh!?
Authorised by the department of poorly chosen initialisms.
Nice :)
'Authorised by that runty kid who Elon Musk bullied in high school" but worded more cleverly.
