I drove an electric car for the first time last weekend – from Hobart to Launceston – and I’m afraid my inner hoon took over at points. Zipping past lines of fossil-fuelled cars at the end of overtaking sections had an unexpected sense of exhilaration. My philosophical issue is that if we sell our rarely used sporty little Audi S1 and buy a new electric car, some boy racer will get their hands on it, drive it every day and the net effect on the environment will be negative.