Smaller trucks will save the world

Baack · Jan 2, 2010

Smaller trucks will help save the environment, Tony Abbott believes, in a gaffe that flies in the face of long-standing industry policy to grant access for more productive vehicles.

The new opposition leader suggests a move from big trucks to smaller trucks will be among the Liberal Partys policy initiatives after rejecting the Governments emissions trading scheme, despite research that shows larger vehicles can significantly cut greenhouse pollution.

I think you do it by direct action and tree planting will help reduce emissions, more efficient buildings will help reduce emissions, Abbott said of the new climate change policy on radio 2GB last week.

Businesses going from more to less polluting forms of energy, like from coal to gas, from big trucks to smaller trucks or at least to more efficient trucks, these are the sorts of things that we need to look at.

Today, Abbott's office was not backing away from the comments, with a spokesperson saying only the new policy will be announced before Parliament returns in February.

"Mr Abbott has said that we will have a clear, effective and economically responsible climate change policy," a spokesperson says when asked for detail on the Coalition's plans for the trucking industry.
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blackw900 · Jan 2, 2010

Don't you just love stupid people?

25(2)+2 · Jan 2, 2010

Politics, the power to absolutely screw things up. At least they hedged with smaller or more efficient.

Donk · Jan 4, 2010

i gotta live with those stupid people..

siriusre · Jan 13, 2010

Notice how most politicians have no real life experience outside of the university or a courtroom of one kind or another? These people do nothing but expound on issues they have no real knowledge of and think they know better than anyone that does.

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