Australia offers incentives to run cars on LPG

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. 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.