New South Wales

Hi, I'd like you to promote carpooling through websites like Carpool One ... this needs to be FREE - unlike many who charge people ridiculous fees if they want to get a good carpool match. Thank you

To provide genuine competition in the car/oil businesses, the government should sponser 1000 alternative fuel outlets (no fossile fuels) across the nation (use government land) for the next 4 years as well as providing funds to set up some electric/hybrid car manufacturing plants. Use higher education to design and run the plants as these engineers/scientists are looking for jobs.  
 
There is a genuine need for a plug in fully electric car, cruise range 80K, max speed 80 k/hr that can be used mostly around town for such things as picking up kids from school, shopping, etc. A compressed air engine hybrid that can be recharge from a air hose would be an option also. It could be offered at a zero or low registration fee to promote it as a useful economical second car. 
 
 
The auto and oil industries have and will continue to oppose this type of car as it is inheritly reliable and does not use petrol. The CSIRO has invented a bio diesel made from rubbish plastic that is just one alternative that could be offered at the new service stations. Unless helped by government, these technologies will never get of the ground. 
 
It is possible to counter high fuel prices as once the petrol/oil companies see the competition, they will also eventually start to offer alternatives.

It is sad to see how un-drastic the action are towards making radical changes for the better of our world. If we don't change something then we might very well not be here in 50 years. 
 
So much for making the world a better place for our kids. Now, I'm not going to preech but the major problem is the government hopeing that the public is scarred enough to take matters into their own hands but that is just not going to happen. People today seem to be desensitised to the horrors that occur everyday. The thing that needs to be done is the governemnt make radical changes, regardless. Immediately