>Australian unions have called for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports
CptUnderpants- on
And if we do, we’ll end up subsidising it for hundreds of millions.
tecdaz on
>Australia has not produced a complete vehicle
Not true. We build trams, military vehicles and trucks (prime movers – Volvo, Mack, Kenworth and Iveco).
tecdaz on
>The bitter truth is that Australia’s car industry declined because our finished vehicles were not globally competitive
Noting that if we’d been subsidising at German rates, we’d have been putting $6bn of taxpayer support (every year, in 2016 dollars) into the auto industry, instead of the $400m that gave Abbott a seizure
rolodex-ofhate on
**Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he wants to reboot the local car manufacturing industry, and he laments the loss of Australia’s own car brand, Holden.**
I bet Albo misses his VT Commodore Equipe.
picardathon on
We can’t afford to continue the competitive model of non-standardised construction of the past, which prevents the economy of mechanised scale: every different component required reduces efficiency in inventory and overhead. Ideally we should have a design methodology for a micro 2-seater (I would love to see that with seat height that just requires sliding out, not climbing up or climbing down) that can be scaled up using most of the same standardised components. We don’t need more than one model in each size class and function should take precedence over form. Modular with greater standardisation of basic components might be a good move.
Australia could have a big advantage in its huge potential for solar energy production at minimal cost as well as huge raw materials availability locally.
We also need to massively increase CSIRO and University research to develop more efficient production processes: some haven’t been changed for 100 years and I refuse to believe there aren’t more efficient ones possible. Sadly Australia has largely rested on its laurels, prefering to mainly explore avenues more guaranteed of results, when many advances are accidents from pure research.
7978_ on
Not happening. Costs too much and that is *before* our higher wage.
burnt-gonads on
Just remember, when Albo says something he means the opposite.
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>Australian unions have called for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports
And if we do, we’ll end up subsidising it for hundreds of millions.
>Australia has not produced a complete vehicle
Not true. We build trams, military vehicles and trucks (prime movers – Volvo, Mack, Kenworth and Iveco).
>The bitter truth is that Australia’s car industry declined because our finished vehicles were not globally competitive
Noting that if we’d been subsidising at German rates, we’d have been putting $6bn of taxpayer support (every year, in 2016 dollars) into the auto industry, instead of the $400m that gave Abbott a seizure
**Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he wants to reboot the local car manufacturing industry, and he laments the loss of Australia’s own car brand, Holden.**
I bet Albo misses his VT Commodore Equipe.
We can’t afford to continue the competitive model of non-standardised construction of the past, which prevents the economy of mechanised scale: every different component required reduces efficiency in inventory and overhead. Ideally we should have a design methodology for a micro 2-seater (I would love to see that with seat height that just requires sliding out, not climbing up or climbing down) that can be scaled up using most of the same standardised components. We don’t need more than one model in each size class and function should take precedence over form. Modular with greater standardisation of basic components might be a good move.
Australia could have a big advantage in its huge potential for solar energy production at minimal cost as well as huge raw materials availability locally.
We also need to massively increase CSIRO and University research to develop more efficient production processes: some haven’t been changed for 100 years and I refuse to believe there aren’t more efficient ones possible. Sadly Australia has largely rested on its laurels, prefering to mainly explore avenues more guaranteed of results, when many advances are accidents from pure research.
Not happening. Costs too much and that is *before* our higher wage.
Just remember, when Albo says something he means the opposite.