petrol

Delusional transport predictions

Written By: lprent
Date published: - 57 comments

This morning I was reading the Transport Blog on The Draft 2015-2025 Government Policy Statement released by the Ministry of Transport. This is the main starting point for a number of the transport planning documents over the coming decade(s). Somehow based on what looks like a delusional belief that people are going to start driving more as the price of petrol is going up, the MOT is planning about $17 billion dollars to be  sunk into (what I think will be) white elephant new roading over the coming decade.

Facing up to peak oil

Written By: Steve Pierson
Date published: - 38 comments

The Government’s independent report on petrol prices is bit of a sop to be the public, really. The world oil price is driving […]

He would say that wouldn’t he

Written By: all_your_base
Date published: - 21 comments

Stuff reports that  National Party energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee has labelled the government’s inquiry into petrol pricing a cynical move that would not make […]

Petrol prices score political points

Written By: Dancer
Date published: - 1 comment

It seems that NZers are not the only ones interested in petrol prices. From The Guardian: Barack Obama, facing increasingly close primary contests […]