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The Department of Conservation has been plugging one of its hybrid electric vehicles into diesel-generated power. National Party climate change spokesman Stuart Smith discovered the electrical irony in written questions from fellow National MP Chris Bishop to Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan, whose responsibilities in the portfolio currently sit with Acting Conservation Minister Ayesha Verrall. “It shows that some of these things are more about signalling your virtue than making a difference,” Smith said. He said the Government was “rushing” out EVs without waiting to see whether they would actually make a difference. “The reality is a diesel vehicle would have less emissions than charging the electricity from a diesel generator,” Smith said.