[Peakoil] News items from Canberra Times Wed, 6 Sep 2006

[Antony Barry]

"PM: LPG subsidy is working" AAP p.7

PM says that as there is a backlog in LPG conversions the  
government's scheme is working"

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20358797-1702,00.html

Comment: LPG is still oil based unlike LNG which we have heaps of.  
Australian crude oil production is in free-fall down 11% in the last  
year. The subsidy can only be used by a small minority of car users,  
the lack of capacity to do the conversion is hardly a virtue and the  
government plans to start taxing LPG in 2011 putting up the price.

It's a policy that addresses the wrong question but will give the  
appearance of action while not costing much as few can, or will, use it.
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