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OT: Way off, just posting it to show what Austrailia is doing trying to deal with gas prices.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060814/sc_nm/energy_australia_cars_dc

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Car-loving Australians on Monday were offered cash rebates to convert their vehicles to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) rather than petrol in a government move to reduce the country's dependence on Middle East oil.
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Prime Minister John Howard unveiled a A$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) program over eight years to help combat high world oil prices, but said there was no way to escape rising prices.

"This is a difficult time for Australians faced with high petrol prices," Howard told parliament. ...


Puppman or repeat: Can you delete #8042? Didn't mean to post twice.