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Global oil depletion: stop chasing dreams : Comments

By Patrick Moriarty, published 14/11/2005

Patrick Moriarty argues Australia needs to reduce consumption of hydro-carbon fuels particularly in cities.

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TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT

Saving Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fuel Consumption & Traffic Congestion can all be addressed with the above Action!

Where can we begin you may ask? I belive we should address solutions that bring instant relief to our current problems, primarily. And then address Oil shortage & prices. As the current FUEL scare, has ineffect made people STOP THINK & LOOK for an alternative. Government, Federal & Local should be using this valuable time to lead our nation by example by introducing new programs initially within their establishments and then within the community via WORKPLACE schemes to reduce the amount of fuel guzzeling vehicles on our roads.

Let's start setting up a networked Transport system that streamlines all modes of transport. CARPOOLING is a great way to tackle most of the problems by: Linking one mode of transport to another. Reducing SOV's [Single Occupant Vehicles], Carpool portals at all Rail Terminals with PARK N RIDE facilities, introduce more CARPOOL LANES & Prefered Carpool Parking, Discounts for Carpool Parking, Legislate that all DEVELOPERS need to have a TDM plan for Office Towers and Housing Estates especially if they are not serviced by public transport. Take a look around , next time your stuck in PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC Who are they Workers in SOV's Let's get our employers involved in tackling the problem! Have a think...Let's hear your thoughts?

Bea Green
Posted by Bea Green, Thursday, 8 December 2005 8:36:30 AM
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Verious posts commenting on the article (that laid the problem out conciselyn and accurately) talk about limiting demand. One way to achieve this is through price. An oil depletion levy could be levied on liquid fuels that would result in retail prices that based on the oil price being say $200 per barrel. To compensate income taxes could be reduced by a commensurate amount, probably from the bottom up, because increased fuel cost hurts more at lower income levels.
Posted by clavil, Sunday, 9 April 2006 6:12:20 PM
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Europes car fleet achieves nearly 50% better mileage than Australia because they have adopted diesel much more enthusiastically. If we want to reduce demand Australia could adopt Euro diesel products "off the self" easily and quickly.

There is a second strategic reason for encouraging diesel: Australia has huge natural gas reserves that could be converted to diesel using existing technolology. This is needed because the gas deposits are in the north west of Australia and shipping LNG is energy intensive (a third of the gas extracted is used for refrigeration, compression and distribution) and transporting diesel is much easier and makes use of existing infrastructure. Rather than exporting this valuable resource we should be changing our cars to diesel and converting the gas to diesel and using it ourselves. Import replacement is often better for forex than exports.
Posted by clavil, Sunday, 9 April 2006 6:14:52 PM
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