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Some rather more positive, albeit radical, responses to spiralling petrol prices would be:
(1) Divert $billions to be allocated to new roads and freeways to electric rail.
(2) All new housing sub-divisions to be linked to electric rail.
(3) Increase petrol taxes on private discretionary travel with compensatory decrease for agriculture, industry, public transport, emergency services, etc.
With a deputy PM who apparently thinks peak oil could be something to do with the way petrol prices go up and down, I am not sure we have a strong foundation for good policies.
[Our local Labor candidate was bamboozled by a question asking her opinion on the relative merits of a carbon tax vs cap and trade. She had no idea what she was being asked.]
How many in the Labor party understand the enormity of the peak oil/climate change problems?
Probably the same percentage as in the general population (ie. less than 5%).