Tag Archives: transport

High Speed Rail better than flying Tiger

Government-commissioned HSR Phase 2 report from AECOM released earlier this year, reported high capital cost and marginal viability. Review by Zero Emissions reveals that modified routing can reduce high capital cost of tunnelling and that poor viability is fixed when … Continue reading

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A brake on Holden’s death spiral

By Matthew Wright, giving money to Holden to produce cars that nobody wants any more is as ridiculous as attempts to persuade people to buy things like clothing irons and table top fans powered by gas. >readmore> ClimateSpectator

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What is the future of mobility?

About reducing CO2 emissions, many of us feel safest if it’s confined to closing dirty power stations. Transport is less comfortable, especially for older generation, sucked in that cars are the ultimate freedom machine, badge of prestige etc. Here’s an … Continue reading

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Why oil and cars can’t cut it

The International Energy Agency’s recent report, A Tale of Renewed Cities, focuses on improving the energy efficiency of urban transportation. >readmore> ClimateSpectator

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For Powering Cars, Solar-Electric Is ‘Orders Of Magnitude’ More Efficient Than Biofuels

Of course, the IC engine folks are still convinced that biofuels are some kind of solution but they don’t go to the source of the problem. Here’s a convincing story showing how much land is consumed for biofuelled cars v. … Continue reading

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Exporting taxpayers money – car industry

Yet again, The Age 25 Jan, asks “Is it the end of the road?” for big six cylinder engined cars from Ford and Holden.  Internationally competitive car production lines can make more in 1 day than Falcons in 1 month. … Continue reading

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