[Peakoil] News items from Canberra Times Tue, 15 Aug 2006

[Antony Barry]

"PM offers $2000  to convert your car to gas ... now join the queue"  
by Andrew Fraser p.1 lead

Also ethanol encouragement, subsidy's to replace diesel generators  
with renewables, a small amount for oil exploration and a cabinet  
submission on gas-to-liquids and coal-to-liquids research.

Comment: Loopy - LPG is still crude oil based. The oil exploration is  
for Geoscience Australia to do preliminary surveys. This is just  
whistling in the wind. The cabinet submission is into technology  
which will create a larger amount of greenhouse gases for a given  
amount of energy.
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"Time to stop the bus" Letters p.10

Hugh Thomas writes that bus subsidies could be better spent. Amongst  
other things suggests subsidising taxis for the disadvantaged.

D. Zivkovic writes that driving is necessary as he can spend more  
time with his family.

Phylli Ives comments on the confusion our LPG gas drive cars will  
cause when Americans refer to petrol as gas.
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