All I can say is that while hybrid/electric cars are so UGLY, I will spend as much as I have to on petrol. Why, Toyota? Why can't you just make a Prius that *looks* like a VZ Commodore (or, seeing as it's Toyota, a decent Aurion or something)? These bleeding 'eco-friendly' cars are so awful to look at, they hurt my eyes. I'd never be seen dead in one.
I *love* public transport on the rare occasions I'm anywhere near a capital city, but unfortunately I don't hold out much hope for having any improvements in regional areas (I mean well away from the cities, I'm 600km north of Brisbane for instance), at least not in my lifetime while the government is solely focused on South-East Queensland and pretends the rest of the state doesn't exist. I'd happily use public transport if I actually had the option, but up here it's either buses every hour and a half between 8am and 4pm on weekdays (which isn't practical as it takes literally an entire day to get to two places, you spend all day sitting waiting for the next bus), or taxis, in which case I may as well drive my own car.