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Our Blogs The BeerFiles Australian Government gas bags back gas over green hybrids | Australian Government gas bags back gas over green hybrids |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Tuesday, 08 July 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 3 Since it took office late last year, after bringing down its first budget, the current Government has initiated exactly nothing in the way of progressive environmental policies. In fact, it has done exactly the opposite. First the Government has done its very best to destroy the nascent solar power industry by scrapping the $8000 solar panel rebate for all except low income families who can't afford to go solar anyway. Now I find that the Government provides infinitely more generous subsidies for non-renewable fuel alternatives to gasoline than renewable alternatives. I'm not a fan of hybrid cars, unless you can plug them in and get enough range to do all electric trips. However, I was curious to check out the Toyota Prius as a stop gap alternative until plug in cars become available. According to the sales data, a Prius can be driven 100km on just 4.4 litres. That's one tank for a trip of 1000 km, say Melbourne to Sydney - more than double the fuel economy of my Honda CRV. This claimed outstanding economy is apparently due to the advanced computer controlled interaction between a battery driven electrical motor and the gasoline fuelled internal combustion engine. CONTINUED |
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