The fuel crisis - my thoughts:

Both sides of politics are responsible for the mismanagement -
they have run Australia like a 3rd world country.

This fuel crisis should teach us all a lesson.
We need to decide what we want to be -
what are we in the world today?
We own an entire continent that is rich in resources.
We only have to provide for 28 million people
with a whole continent to back us up.

We sit on 42 years’ worth of shale oil reserves.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/map-shows-brutal-trut...

US$60 per barrel is generally considered the breakeven point
where US shale oil production is sustainable.
That's a reasonable price even if from time to time imported oil
would be cheaper but we could use a mix of both -
we could be energy independent.

As for power stations – we export gas that is used in
power stations overseas – why don't we use it for power stations here?
We could have cheap energy and we have a huge amount of gas.

Then there is coal – look at the Bowen basin in QLD -
we have an astronomical amount of the highest quality Anthracite coal -
60,000 square kilometres.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 10:29am:


There was no problem before Trump started WWIII.

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 27^th, 2026 at 8:00pm:



You're right. It wasn't Kamala it was AOC. That's why I framed it as a question.

lee wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 12:40pm:


They all look the same to you?

Gnads wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 9:47am:


So!?

He's the President.  The buck stops with him.  It was his executive order that created DOGE.

Or was it an autopen?

Bobby. wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 11:12am:


That is an inescapable fact.

While Albo and Labor are in power, the buck stops with them, they aboslutely should have done better.

But we're only in this mess, at this point in time, because Trump misjudged and ignored all the warnings about going to war with Iran and is the first President in a long list who was too weak to stand up against Israel who have been wanting to start this conflict for decades.

If it wasn't for Trump, we wouldn't be in this mess today.

To all those who supported and continue to support Trump.  This is on you.  I don't want to hear a peep out of you when it comes to fuel prices, shortages and food insecurity.  You got what you wanted, go starve quietly in the darkness.

You will not be forgiven.

There is also a lot to be said for the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments reducing our oil reserves even further, BUT, around these parts, it seems we don't actually expect them to do anything, so it's only Albo that we'll hold responsible for this.

He, in ~3 years is expected to do more, while working towards economic recovery from COVID, than the Coalition in their nearly 10 years in office.

Same old story.

SadKangaroo wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 2:17pm:



Yes - we can also blame Albo because there was a warning of this war
back in June 2025 - the 12 day war.
Closing of the Strait of Hormuz was always on the cards -
Albo did nothing to increase our oil reserves.

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 5:17pm:


And TERRORISM and all that it has done is on YOU.

I'm betting SK & Pecca blame Trump for those who died at Bondi.
Even those who were not Jewish.

Lowlifes