Cycling in Melbourne Australia
Future shocked or business as usual?
A selection of media releases and discussions for your perusal:
Australian Automobile Association: AAA Climate Change Summit
Australia's peak motoring bodies will come together on 3 June at an international climate change summit to develop solutions aimed at reducing private vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions. The Australian Automobile Association and constituent motoring organisations – the NRMA, RACV, RACQ, RAASA, RACWA, RACT and AANT – will conduct the summit as part of its climate change policy, On the Road to Greener Motoring.
The Age: 500 jobs to go at Holden
UPDATE: Holden has confirmed plans to end production of four cylinder engines at its Melbourne operations, which Australia's car manufacturing union said would cost 500 jobs. The company said it now had a timescale for the ending of production of its Family II four cylinder engine.
On Line Opinion: Cycling is a healthy transport solution
In car-dependent Australia, cycling is an ugly duckling waiting for its time. Motorists feel annoyed by delays measured in seconds caused by a bike, and angry if a bicycle courier fails to stop at a traffic light. Pedestrians hate bikes whizzing past them on the footpath, and there must be something about a bunch of training cyclists in lycra that invites derision or insecurity from on-lookers.
The Age: Climate change will probably beat us: Garnaut
Prof Garnaut was pessimistic about Australia's ability to tackle climate change. "An observation of daily debate and media discussion in Australia could lead one to the view that this issue is too hard for rational policy-making in Australia," he said. "The issues are too complex, the vested interests surrounding it too numerous and intense, the relevant timeframes too long. Climate change policy remains a diabolical problem."
Australian Automobile Association: AAA Climate Change Summit
Australia's peak motoring bodies will come together on 3 June at an international climate change summit to develop solutions aimed at reducing private vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions. The Australian Automobile Association and constituent motoring organisations – the NRMA, RACV, RACQ, RAASA, RACWA, RACT and AANT – will conduct the summit as part of its climate change policy, On the Road to Greener Motoring.
The Age: 500 jobs to go at Holden
UPDATE: Holden has confirmed plans to end production of four cylinder engines at its Melbourne operations, which Australia's car manufacturing union said would cost 500 jobs. The company said it now had a timescale for the ending of production of its Family II four cylinder engine.
On Line Opinion: Cycling is a healthy transport solution
In car-dependent Australia, cycling is an ugly duckling waiting for its time. Motorists feel annoyed by delays measured in seconds caused by a bike, and angry if a bicycle courier fails to stop at a traffic light. Pedestrians hate bikes whizzing past them on the footpath, and there must be something about a bunch of training cyclists in lycra that invites derision or insecurity from on-lookers.
The Age: Climate change will probably beat us: Garnaut
Prof Garnaut was pessimistic about Australia's ability to tackle climate change. "An observation of daily debate and media discussion in Australia could lead one to the view that this issue is too hard for rational policy-making in Australia," he said. "The issues are too complex, the vested interests surrounding it too numerous and intense, the relevant timeframes too long. Climate change policy remains a diabolical problem."
Tags: cars, climate-change, denial, environment, health
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Permalink Reply by Rob on
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In all species, as in all inventions, there are dinosaurs who live thrive and suffer extinction, and there are some that survive through change and live on ( sometimes in reduced numbers or in a different environment than they started out it, ) such as the shark. Some inventions, the typewriter , however great are rare know, the flash bulb illuminated but is history, others like, rotary dialling phones, steamships, the floppy drive...and according to a study of teens in Cambridge (Mass) in 2006 Compact Discs and desktop Computers along with petrol Powered cars are headed for the scrap heap by 2015... however like the shark the ubiquitous bicycle is a survivor, and will live on in spite of the best efforts of some humans who cant share time or privately claimed public space with others.
So if the kids are right, we just have to wait till around 2015...in the meantime we can enjoy the beauty and marvel at the precision of the valve amp and the bicycle and wonder at the promise they hold for us in delivering in one, a warm comforting sound far better than any transistor and in the other a boost to our health , sustainable existence, freedom from dependence on polluting fuels, and ability to have fun in the ( by then) fresh air!!
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