As the war on Iran enters its ninth month, the price of oil continues to rise, but the crude itself is no longer the best measure of the economic troubles.
Oh yeah, Australia is particularly screwed because it has practically no refining capacity, and imports most diesel from occupied Korean refineries as I recall. So, when supply gets tight, they’re obviously going to hold back exports, and there’s really nothing else available.
If we stopped allying with the great satan maybe we could get some more easily. And shit maybe nows a good time to i dunno explore renewables and electrify more if possible
Yeah seriously, maybe the energy crisis will get people to rethink things. Amusingly, the US is now contemplating a full retreat from Asia which would involve abandoning occupied Korea, Japan, and Australia. Should that happen, then there would be a pretty rapid political shift in Australia I would imagine.
Meanwhile recently found out my countey australia is the worlds largest importer of diesel.
Not per capata but in actual terms. We have a lot of farming and mining that relies on it
Oh yeah, Australia is particularly screwed because it has practically no refining capacity, and imports most diesel from occupied Korean refineries as I recall. So, when supply gets tight, they’re obviously going to hold back exports, and there’s really nothing else available.
If we stopped allying with the great satan maybe we could get some more easily. And shit maybe nows a good time to i dunno explore renewables and electrify more if possible
Yeah seriously, maybe the energy crisis will get people to rethink things. Amusingly, the US is now contemplating a full retreat from Asia which would involve abandoning occupied Korea, Japan, and Australia. Should that happen, then there would be a pretty rapid political shift in Australia I would imagine.