The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
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?
David Bass
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