Re: 7-30 report on fuel excise

["JohnMcCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>]

what got me irked was that they ignored the fact that petrol engines
contribute more
to environment & health problems than diesel does - and there is a lot more
of them.
They obviously didn't have the stones to risk offending car owners ;-)
What is the pollution level of a diesel engine as compared to a petrol?  I
was told that it was 10%?

John McCandless
CLONCURRY QLD

Maurie Daly <mauried@commslab.gov.au> wrote in article
<mauried.271.36E72A37@commslab.gov.au>...
> Dont know whether anyone saw this report last night,but it was mainly
about 
> the effects of the reduction in diesel fuel excise and the effects this
would 
> have in regards to the road freight industry.
> The report was mainly about the increased amounts of diesel fuel that
will be 
> consumed by trucks , and its effects on health and pollution.