Date: 16/04/2026 10:47:12
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2381019
Subject: re: Australian politics - April 2026

Cymek said:

SCIENCE said:

Cymek said:

What exactly can government (regardless of which party) do to secure fuel supplies.
We can’t magic it and its the entire world that’s facing this crisis.
Reading an article on our own reserves most of its uneconomical to extract and its not a large amount anyway.
Oil has been a ransom type resource forever, can force prices up by withholding supply or disrupting production/distribution.

they can support renewable electricity generation and electrification of end uses

True, that is a long term plan though, rather than this crisis.

so what we’re saying is any intelligent governance would have started this process 23 years ago when they had the chance

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