Email to the Prime Ministers Office of Australia

Mr Howard,

I am concerned about the lack of government policy to enpower individuals to get involved in renewable energy. I have looked over your policy statement on energy reform and find it to be disturbingly lacking in this regard.

I do aplaud your rebate on solar panels, however I feel much more can be done particularly in regard to transportation as this is the second most expensive purchase an individual will typically make in their lifetime.

As an example, I would like the ability to purchase an electric car, not a Reva, or a quadricycle class car, but a full sized car similar to the SUVs sold in California from Phoenix motorcars. http://www.phoenixmotorcars.com/

I don't feel Australia is making any inroads into getting this type of car into Australia.
The link below is a graph which compares the Well-to-Wheel energy efficency of various types of cars showing the plug in car to be significantly more efficent.http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/1898/4364/320/824338/well-to-wheel-electric-cars-vs-hybrid.jpg

I have also shown using a simple example of how electric cars are not only environmentally sound, but economically viable over time showing that over 18 million in cost savings per annum for the Sydney taxi fleet.http://hutch120.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-about-taxi-fleet-using-evs.html

More information on my blog.

http://hutch120.blogspot.com/

Regards,

Simon Hutchison

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