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23/02/24

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Originally posted by Bananabender1 ↑

This is what 9 years of conservative Govt left us with. Fossil fuel companies and financially backing the LNP is a very good investment for them.

Australia’s car fleet is running on some of the dirtiest, most emissions-intensive fuels in the world because we have no vehicle-emissions standards and no plans to do anything about it until at least 2027.While you might assume that Australia’s reticence to adapt zero-emission electric vehicles is our biggest problem when it comes to the issue of transport-related climate change, it’s actually the dirty, third-world-standard fuel we’re putting the in the cars we do use every day that’s the major issue.The result is that Australian cars pollute more per kilometre than other comparable countries.Read More: Who are the biggest servos in Australia?Australia’s average emissions-intensity for passenger vehicles is 45 per cent higher than Europe’s, largely because of the dirty fuel we use and the fact that we can’t import the most economical, modern engines as our petrol and diesel is not clean enough for them to run on.Australia is one of only six countries in the OECD not to have any vehicle-emissions standards. Our fuel quality is also among the worst in the group, with a maximum of 150 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur for 91 octane regular unleaded, and up to 50 ppm for our 95 and 98 premium unleaded. Both of those standards were banned in Europe 10 years ago.

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/australias-fuel-is-among-the-dirtiest-in-the-world-and-were-not-doing-anything-about-it#:~:text=Australia is one of only six countries in,ppm for our 95 and 98 premium unleaded.

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If you want ‘dirty’, go back to 1970’s with 5.8l OHV Falcons, 4.1l straight six OHV Cortinas, 5.2l Valiants, and 5.0l Kingswoods, Monaros and Toranas.

Emissions now (or even 10 years ago) are minuscule by comparison.

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