Cooling down by opening up: AC, windows and petrolOkay, so you’re probably wishing it was warm enough to even worry about. But with summer round the corner, does turning up the AC or opening the window save more petrol while driving? Slate investigates.
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Under Rudd’s ETS, it will pay to drive your car
The Australian Conservation Foundation has worked out that motorists will actually receive a subsidy from the proposed fuel tax arrangements under the ETS.
Want a four day working week? Move to Utah
In the bid tos ave the planet, Utah is giving workers an extra day a week off. Is that an idea that could catch on? Glenn Dyer investigates.
Australians buying gas-guzzlers in record numbers
It’s OK for Australians to complain about high petrol prices, just don’t ask them to stop buying thirsty cars, says Glenn Dyer.
Rising oil acts like another rate rise
New figures out today confirm that Australia’s already sluggish economy is continuing to slow, writes Glenn Dyer.
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Briefly Business: MFS/Octaviar, MYOB, oil prices
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Rising fuel prices will make you fat too
Rising fuel prices may well lead to further increases in unhealthy weight gain by contributing to rising food costs, writes Dr Tim Gill.
SUVs off the shopping list in the US, but not here
Record petrol prices mean that fewer Americans are purchasing SUVs. But the same thing isn’t happening here in Australia, writes Glenn Dyer.
Saudi talks won’t lower oil prices
The Saudi oil summit won’t help lower world oil prices, writes Glenn Dyer.
Deep in the PM’s office, it seems things are not quite right
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No tax relief on petrol for work-related travel
Taxpayers will have to wait a full twelve months to get some tax relief from surging petrol prices. Bernard Keane explains.
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Car subsidy shows Rudd’s true colours
The treatment of the car industry sends a clear signal to every other economic sector, writes Bernard Keane.
How Phil Mathews milked oil for $1b in May
Has anyone ever made a bigger killing from one bet since George Soros made US$1.1 billion shorting the British pound, asks Business Spectator’s Alan Kohler?
Rudd’s hybrid con and automotive Darwinism
No-one seems looking at what is an obvious question: does government policy hinder or help the over-consumption of petrol in this country? Glenn Dyer laments the hypocrisy.
US consumers drive SUV sales down
The oil-price-driven reshaping of business continues in the US, with the car — that American dream — front and centre, writes Glenn Dyer.
Oil Futures part 4: A series on oil, the future, and you
In the third part of a series on oil, the economy and the future, Tihomir Ancev, lecturer in resource and environmental economics at the University of Sydney, answers Crikey’s questions.
Warn about Indonesia’s touts, not terrorists
The biggest threats to tourists in Indonesia are from unscrupulous touts, not terrorists, writes Damien Kingsbury.
Rudd’s Jimmy Carter moment
We’ve had Rudd = Howard-lite. Rudd = Tony Blair. Rudd = Bob Carr, or Morris Iemma. What about Jimmy Carter? asks Bernard Keane .
Butter might be better, but you can’t afford it
Just as the surge in oil prices and the boost to petrol prices has brought forward all sorts of scary forecasts, the record prices for a host of foodstuffs is also bringing out the alarmists and doomsayers, writes Glenn Dyer.
Oil Futures part 3: A series on oil, the future, and you
In the third part of a series on oil, the economy and the future, two leading Australian economists answers Crikey’s questions.
Revealed: The five reasons public servants leak
The leaking of coordination comments on the FuelWatch Cabinet submission is worrying the Rudd government – with good reason, writes Stephen Bartos.
