[Peakoil] News items from Canberra Times Sat, 23 Sep 2006

[Antony Barry]

Well Today (Sunday) there was nothing but yesterday yielded -

"Dragway not worth loss of tranquility: petition" p.13

Deb Foskey tables a petition in the Assembly against the dragway on  
the basis of noise and Government subsidies.

Comment: With oil running out it's absurd to subsidise the dragway.
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"Branson gives $4b over 10 years to fight global warming" by Michael  
Harrison p.15

To be funded from profits from his airlines and railways. Bulk of the  
money is aimed at making air travel less environmentally damaging.

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1746471.htm
More details at http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/ 
article1726067.ece

Comment: When peak oil hits to bottom will drop out of the profits.  
He could have trouble finding the money but for one thing. The  
"Independant" report indicates he is intending to put the money into  
biofuels for airlines. The CT did not report this.
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Tony

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