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Money Talks On Climate Change

Monday April 10, 2006
THERE is no more persuasive force for change than money - ours, not other people's. Take rising petrol prices, which are expected to hit peaks of about $1.40 a litre over Easter. Car sales are still healthy, but 30 per cent of new small car buyers are trading down from large cars and 12 per cent from four-wheel-drives. So much for entrenched consumer preferences. If a habit is going to cost us too much, we are willing to trade in our resistance to change. So it is with global warming and the ...

Alluring Curves

Saturday April 8, 2006
For many, it's corners that make cars fun to drive. Bruce Newton goes around the bend in four different ways.