Former EV Critic Allows His Household To Be Electrified So Long As Wife And Kids Agree It Wasn't His Idea

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A Betoota Heights man with a long history of not being afraid to call a spade a spade, or a pelican and pelican, has shocked his family by changing tack this week. 

The interesting strategic pivot from Peter Harvey (65) came during a family dinner at the Harvey ‘castle’ on Diamonde street, when the topic of energy security came up. 

Facing the 113th ribbing from his kids about how much he’s paying out the arse for his power, the staunch electric vehicle critic and father of two EV owners finally caved - but in a dignified way of course. 

“Yeah your mother reckons it might be time, and you lot know who’s the boss around here,” laughed Harvey, trying to deflect responsibility for the decision to get with the times. 

“So I’ve given my blessing to suss out solar and a battery.”

“As if she needs it anyway,” laughed Harvey, trying to convince the kids that he didn’t have anything to do with the ideation process.

With a few laughs around the table, the man who is famous for walking around the house turning off vacant powerpoint switches, was baited again about how he didn’t get solar years ago. 

“You would have paid it off by now,” laughed Harvey’s youngest and biggest smart arse Jadyen. 

“I tell ya though, you probably want to sort your shit out before we all come for Chrissy, because let me tell ya, I’m going to be blasting that AC 24/7.” 

Confirming the desire to electrify his home to avoid being price gouged by giant power and resource companies, Harvey quietly admitted to The Advocate that he’s even open to the possibility of an EV. 

The man who cancelled a caravan trip a few months ago because he was paranoid he wouldn’t be able to get fuel, says it is, however, purely an economic thing. 

“Mate, I’m not some woke screeching leftie, I just see the merits of saving money on fuel…” 

“And now they’ve got utes and trucks that can actually make it to the shops and back, I’m certainly a lot more interested.” 

“But the boys at work just can’t find out it was my idea to do it all,” said the semi-retired tradie. 

“Okay.” 

“Becuase you know, Electric vehicles are… you know…”