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Article #349Re: Excess petrol prices petition
From: Studly Muffin
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 00:00
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lbowen@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Lori and Daniel Bowen) wrote: >So what's the problem? >Lower fuel prices means more people drive, means more pollution. Subsidies >for roads and their associated costs (policing, medical, pollution, etc >etc) are far too low anyway. > The problem, oh university denizen, is that many people NEED a car or truck to move around due to an inefficient or non-existent public transport infrastructure. The people who the issue really hits are those who need their goods transported to big cities .. ie the farmers rather than the inner city folks. Generally, road conditions are OK in th cities, it is the country and link roads that need work. Also, I strongly disagree that the solution to pollution is 'get rid of the car'. Aim for zero emissions by all means, improve public transport to give people the option. But please spare me the politically correct 'cars are bad' line. Have a day, Daniel S. Muffin
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e4c9,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e4c9,public X-Google-Thread: 108659,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid108659,public X-Google-Thread: f9008,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9008,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-Thread: f8259,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8259,public X-Google-Thread: 101ee4,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid101ee4,public X-Google-Thread: 103407,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid103407,public X-Google-Thread: 1153d9,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid1153d9,public From: Studly Muffin <not.likely@I.don't.think.so.tim> Subject: Re: Excess petrol prices petition Date: 1996/02/14 Message-ID: <2e7cc$1181e.3aa@rome.netwide.net> X-Deja-AN: 139400242 references: <4fmjus$1ss@canb.cin.gov.au> <4fpm7p$ema@preeda.internex.net.au> <4fqv4j$9ct@srm.blamac.com.au> <lbowen.824251174@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Studly Muffin Incorporated mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: aus.archives,aus.aviation,aus.cars,aus.books,aus.computers,aus.culture.china,aus.education,aus.electronics,aus.enviroment.misc,aus.foodtech,aus.games.bridge,aus.gardens,aus.general,aus.invest,aus.legal,aus.motorcycles,aus.personals,aus.radio.broadcast,aus.rail,aus.sport,aus.sport.motor,aus.students,aus.tv x-mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit)