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Australian Government gas bags back gas over green hybrids

by Stan Beer
Tuesday, 08 July 2008
Page 3 of 3 So there you have it. If want a hybrid car, a stepping stone to the future of plug in hybrids and fully electric vehicles, our green Government will give you $50. If you want to convert your car from one fossil fuel to another, the Government will give you $2000. But hang on a minute didn't Prime Minister Rudd say the Government would spend $500 million to subsidise the production of hybrid cars in Australia by 2011? An admirable goal perhaps, provided they're plug-ins, but this is 2008 and consumers want hybrid cars right now. So here's an idea Mr Rudd - take the $2000 you currently provide to drivers who convert to LPG and give it to drivers who buy hybrids. Take the $50 you currently provide to hybrid buyers and give it to the LPG converters. Of course this probably won't happen because any Government that would kill off subsidies to a growing local solar panel industry isn't very smart and certainly isn't green. So why should we expect things to different when it comes to personal transportation? Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Electric car Energy Greenhouse gases Hybrid car Oil Renewable Energy Stan Beer Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page < 1 2 3 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

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