Organised campaigns against wind and solar energy have proved “extremely effective” in undermining community support for renewable energy but enthusiasm for electric vehicles has jumped after Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, according to a detailed snapshot of Australian attitudes to the clean energy transition. Rebecca Huntley, a social trends expert who leads the annual Clean Energy Solutions Index, said anti-wind campaigns promoted by conservative groups had been “extremely effective” in undermining community support. “It isn’t difficult at this stage to get people to think renewable energy is a good idea. She said Australians tended to overestimate the amount of opposition to a clean energy transition, compared with how they personally felt. But go looking for the research that says regional communities trust the renewable energy industry, and you will not find it.