A decade ago, Labor’s pink batts fiasco revealed the dangers of an ideologically-driven government throwing money at a pet project, regardless of its eventual cost.

In that case, the tragic loss of four lives, all under 25 years of age, along with countless substandard installations.

Today, the technology is different, but the underlying ideology is the same — subsidise the take-up of large electric batteries in people’s homes and, through different set of incentives, in their cars.

As Australia is nudged into Labor’s “renewable at any cost” future, many Australians are lured by subsidies into considering a home battery or electric vehicle.

Central to this shift is the large lithium-ion battery. These batteries are the unseen workhorses powering everything from smartphones to rechargea

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