[Peakoil] News items from Canberra Times Sat, 19 Aug 2006

[Antony Barry]

"Lake reclaimed under plan: by John Thistleton p.11

More discussion of the details of the "Griffin Legacy Plan".

Comment: Roads by no mass transit. When peak oil his how are people  
going to get to all these facilities??
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Online shopping nets more regional customers" p.21

Long distance travel, high regional prices and the price of petrol  
are leading more regional Australians to shop online.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=123269

Comment: And when petrol prices double or triple, lower rainfall and  
higher temperature do we start to close our regional cities? Will  
there be ghost towns?
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"Let's use cars less" Letters p.B6

Jane McEwen writes More people using public transport, cycling and  
walking means less traffic congestion. Instead of subsidising LPG  
conversions we should be spending it to encourage walking and cycling.
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