[Peakoil] News items from Canberra Times Thu, 17 Aug 2006

[Antony Barry]

"Howard attacks carbon trading scheme"  by Rosslyn Beeby p.3

Prime Minister John Howard has attacked state government plans to  
introduce a carbon trading scheme, claiming it will cripple the  
resource industry and cause massive price increases for petrol, gas  
and electricity.

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp? 
class=news&subclass=general&story_id=502695&category=general&m=8&y=2006

Comment: But we need price increases for petrol to give incentives  
for alternatives and the reduce global warming.
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"Solar eclipses gas-guzzling logic from blinkered PM" Letters p.14

Michael Smithson writes suggests solar alternatives for cars.

Dave White says the subsidy for petroleum exploration is important as  
Australia is relatively unexplored.

Julie Coker-Godson says that by the time people convert to LPG it  
will be just as expensive as petrol.

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=your% 
20say&subclass=general&story_id=502691&category=Letters%20to% 
20Editor&m=8&y=2006
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