You probably all Know but I thought I would post this article...

You probably all Know but I thought I would post this article from Sky News yesterday


Green transport push
Updated: 23:13, Sunday July 27, 2008
Taxpayers should no longer give $10 billion a year in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, the nation's peak motoring body says.

The NRMA wants to wean Australia off its 'unhealthy and costly' addiction to oil by a massive boost to greener transport.

With high international oil prices causing pain at the bowser, the NRMA has released an alternative transport blueprint which includes lower registration fees for greener cars.

Tough new compulsory fuel standards would be introduced for cars.

The biofuel industry would be supported.

And a public transport revolution would see more metros and light rails built around the country.

NRMA Motoring and Services Director Graham Blight said taxpayers would be appalled to learn that almost $10 billion in public funds went to support the fossil fuel industry each year.


'If oil companies want to continue looking and drilling for oil then it should be done with their own money,' Mr Blight said.

The NRMA wants the subsidies, which include fossil fuel tax concessions and discount excise on SUVs, to be wound back over three years. The money would be redirected to cleaner transport options.

'It's about spending the Australian people's funds on a greener future, not a polluted past,' Mr Blight said.

The NRMA wants Australia's consumption of oil to halve by 2050.