Comments on: Is this protectionism or is this investment? http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/ On Sunday ring road supermarket. No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:10:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Club Troppo » Missing Link Daily http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Club Troppo » Missing Link Daily Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:10:45 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/#comment-1643 [...] fleeced and Jono both speak out against the $35 million offered to Toyota to build a hybrid car manufacturing plant in Australia.  Guy Beres has distinct reservations about the Rudd government’s decision to subsidise Toyota. [...] [...] fleeced and Jono both speak out against the $35 million offered to Toyota to build a hybrid car manufacturing plant in Australia.  Guy Beres has distinct reservations about the Rudd government’s decision to subsidise Toyota. [...]

]]> By: Guy http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Guy Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:40 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/#comment-1282 Well hopefully the government is saving up its reform efforts for after the Garnaut Review concludes. I think its really to early to draw any firm conclusions about this first term as yet, but i agree that so far it does not seem that transport is featuring very prominently on Federal Labor's agenda for the nation. Well hopefully the government is saving up its reform efforts for after the Garnaut Review concludes. I think its really to early to draw any firm conclusions about this first term as yet, but i agree that so far it does not seem that transport is featuring very prominently on Federal Labor’s agenda for the nation.

]]> By: Nigel http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Nigel Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:40:45 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/#comment-1271 Something is certainly amiss in opportunities lost so far concerning the long awaited Rudd term. There are signs that the economic and environmental impacts of not having established an energy policy framework will be of consequence. Of course there is always the 'honeymoon' clause but to date we have 1/ a budget which did not introduce changes to excise or other instruments 2/ an issue called 'fuelwatch' which has wasted a lot of steam and seems to have been a quasi policy replacement - which backfired 3/ the toyota hybrid announcement which has buffled everyone and now 4/ announcement that the government will lobby regionally to address asian petrol subsidies. In sum, nothing of substance which could be called transport reform but government measures in their place which are both costly and not directed at the heart of the matter...which is Australias reliance on imported oil and heavy dependance on road transport. What is positive is that the media is discussing energy and transport in a mature way which has really not been seen in the last ten years. If the government is wanting of policy direction a lot of relevant issues and ideas have been floated in the media and we can only hope cabinet is reflecting upon the information circulating in commercial media and blog land. Barney Foran discussed the concept of efficiency very well in the Future Dillemmas Report 2001 and used a term ' energy rebound efffect'. This is important because a lot of debate and ideas hinge on the concept that if we have more efficient cars and appliances we will escape an energy crisis. This is quite wrong as the rebound effect theory explains. Without counterbalancing measures to address consumer demand (in short without a 'holistic' approach to energy policy) the reverse will occur...ie efficiency gains result in an ovreall net rise in energy use. I found this report very valuable as it looked at the entire physical inputs and outputs of the economy which is a very holistic approach and it supplied some very good answers for policy makers...alas...this report ended up on 4Corners because the Howard government shelved the report and cut out the conclusion....as they say you can lead a hores to water... Nigel Something is certainly amiss in opportunities lost so far concerning the long awaited Rudd term. There are signs that the economic and environmental impacts of not having established an energy policy framework will be of consequence. Of course there is always the ‘honeymoon’ clause but to date we have 1/ a budget which did not introduce changes to excise or other instruments 2/ an issue called ‘fuelwatch’ which has wasted a lot of steam and seems to have been a quasi policy replacement – which backfired 3/ the toyota hybrid announcement which has buffled everyone and now 4/ announcement that the government will lobby regionally to address asian petrol subsidies.

In sum, nothing of substance which could be called transport reform but government measures in their place which are both costly and not directed at the heart of the matter…which is Australias reliance on imported oil and heavy dependance on road transport.

What is positive is that the media is discussing energy and transport in a mature way which has really not been seen in the last ten years. If the government is wanting of policy direction a lot of relevant issues and ideas have been floated in the media and we can only hope cabinet is reflecting upon the information circulating in commercial media and blog land.

Barney Foran discussed the concept of efficiency very well in the Future Dillemmas Report 2001 and used a term ‘ energy rebound efffect’. This is important because a lot of debate and ideas hinge on the concept that if we have more efficient cars and appliances we will escape an energy crisis. This is quite wrong as the rebound effect theory explains. Without counterbalancing measures to address consumer demand (in short without a ‘holistic’ approach to energy policy) the reverse will occur…ie efficiency gains result in an ovreall net rise in energy use. I found this report very valuable as it looked at the entire physical inputs and outputs of the economy which is a very holistic approach and it supplied some very good answers for policy makers…alas…this report ended up on 4Corners because the Howard government shelved the report and cut out the conclusion….as they say you can lead a hores to water…

Nigel

]]> By: rosetta moon » Rudd’s Hybrid - Industry Policy or Money Down the Drain? http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 rosetta moon » Rudd’s Hybrid - Industry Policy or Money Down the Drain? Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:09:00 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/#comment-1260 [...] Guy Beres asks…Is this protectionism or is this investment? [...] [...] Guy Beres asks…Is this protectionism or is this investment? [...]

]]> By: Guy http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Guy Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:52:41 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/#comment-1232 It is a fine line really. I think common sense has to prevail though - you can't really have the ABC saying that an "unnamed car manufacturer" was getting a $35m grant from the government. That's just needlessly evasive. It is a fine line really. I think common sense has to prevail though – you can’t really have the ABC saying that an “unnamed car manufacturer” was getting a $35m grant from the government. That’s just needlessly evasive.

]]> By: Matthew Gee Kwun Chan http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Matthew Gee Kwun Chan Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:57:12 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/10/is-this-protectionism-or-is-this-investment/#comment-1224 Is the reporting of a brand name of a product or business in news reports like the ABC amount to advertising? Is the reporting of a brand name of a product or business in news reports like the ABC amount to advertising?

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