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Reply #675 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:06pm

Daves2017 wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 10:55am:

At the very least he needs to announce the building of the required infrastructure to store the minimum 90 days of fuel we signed an agreement to.

We have no strategic reserves stored in the USA.

That was a lie by Angus Taylor and the less than a weeks worth was sold of by Chris Bowen.

The millions of litres of diesel being used to build “ environmentally friendly “ infrastructure needs to be immediately transferred to farm and transport use.

The problem is we'd have to store refined fuel, which has a much shorter life span than crude oil.

It's going to take more than simply the storage infrastructure.

But the usual "free market does it better" thinking and deregulation allowed the big 3 oil companies to strip refinment from our shores and do it all offshore, in search of greater profits.

90 days of refined fuel storage would be better than nothing though.

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Reply #676 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:06pm

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Worse than if he'd exercised restraint. Worse than if he'd done NOTHING.

That's your position in a nutshell, no need for the verbosity: whatever Trump's America does OR doesnt do, is BAD, even worse, than all other options.

That is your perennial position and so you are able to harp on, harumph and whine, no matter what happens or doesnt happen. Trump's America will be at fault, no matter what.

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Reply #677 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:14pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 10:32am:

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

The fuel crisis - my thoughts:

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

There was no problem before Trump started WWIII.

Who actually started it?

It wasn't Trump. But I hope he finishes it.

This started on the 7th Oct 2023.

By Hamas & Hezbollah. Then Iran joined in from 2023 to 2025.

Iran funds Hamas & directly created, finances & arms Hezbollah in Lebanon.

So if you were as critical a thinker, as you think you are you'd get your TDS seen to & realise the responsibility for the whole shebang is with the Iranian Islamic Regime.

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Reply #678 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:19pm

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:02pm:

So tally it up. Global energy security weakened. Fertiliser supply strained, compounding food insecurity. Iran and Russia financially bolstered. Nuclear negotiations effectively dead, replaced with accelerated enrichment. Allies alienated, because once again the US has demonstrated that its commitments are contingent on whoever happens to be in the Oval Office at the time.

Tired of winning yet?

Affording the basic necessities of life is becoming an increasing struggle for many Iranians because of high inflation.

"Just two months ago, beef was 7m rials per kilo," says Mina, a 44-year-old mother of two in Tehran. "But I bought some the day before yesterday for 19m rials a kilo - more than double. I bought Iranian rice in the late summer for 1.7m rials a kilo, now it's 3.8m."

The official figures show that in the past 12 months, the price of basic necessities has increased by an average 60%, while food prices have doubled in the same period.

And it is not just the last year. The cost of an average family food basket is currently eight times what it was five years ago and more than 30 times what it was in 2016.

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As of late March 2026, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that a 22-nation coalition, including NATO members, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Gulf states, is coordinating to secure the Strait of Hormuz. This effort aims to reopen the critical shipping lane and restore freedom of navigation amid intensified tensions and reduced traffic caused by Iranian actions, following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump

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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #679 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:22pm

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:06pm:

Daves2017 wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 10:55am:

At the very least he needs to announce the building of the required infrastructure to store the minimum 90 days of fuel we signed an agreement to.

We have no strategic reserves stored in the USA.

That was a lie by Angus Taylor and the less than a weeks worth was sold of by Chris Bowen.

The millions of litres of diesel being used to build “ environmentally friendly “ infrastructure needs to be immediately transferred to farm and transport use.

The problem is we'd have to store refined fuel, which has a much shorter life span than crude oil.

It's going to take more than simply the storage infrastructure.

But the usual "free market does it better" thinking and deregulation allowed the big 3 oil companies to strip refinment from our shores and do it all offshore, in search of greater profits.

90 days of refined fuel storage would be better than nothing though.

We signed up to the IEA and agreed to have 90 days of refined fuel storage.

We broke our promise -
someone needs to go to jail for criminal negligence.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) requires its 32 member countries to maintain emergency oil stocks equivalent to at least 90 days of the previous year's net oil imports. This obligation can be met through a combination of crude oil, refinery feedstocks, and refined products (such as petrol, diesel, and jet fuel).

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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #680 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:22pm

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:06pm:

But the usual "free market does it better" thinking and deregulation allowed the big 3 oil companies to strip refinment from our shores and do it all offshore, in search of greater profits.

And all that did not happen in a vacuum. government regulations on emissions, parliamentary warnings of stranded assets. And you expected the companies just live with it? You are severely limited in your thinking. But that tends to be true of you and your ilk. Roll Eyes

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Reply #681 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:24pm

Gnads wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:14pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 10:32am:

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

The fuel crisis - my thoughts:

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

There was no problem before Trump started WWIII.

Who actually started it?

The rapist in the White House.

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Reply #682 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:29pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 12:45pm:

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

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

lee wrote on Mar 27^th, 2026 at 7:28pm:

Didn't Kamala think Venezuela was in the Southern Hemisphere?

Haven't heard that one, lee.

Got a link?

You're right. It wasn't Kamala it was AOC.

They all look the same to you?

Who's "they"?

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Reply #683 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:35pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 5:38pm:

Jasin wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 5:29pm:

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

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

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.

Well said

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 Roll Eyes

Trump has created far more terrorists than he's destroyed.

The next 9/11 is 1500% on his head.

I don't mean 50%. I'm talking 14-1500%.

No it won't be - it will be on the heads of those who carry out the(any) terrorist attack.

You are nothing but a terrorist appeasing softcock.

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Reply #684 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:35pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:24pm:

Gnads wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:14pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 10:32am:

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

The fuel crisis - my thoughts:

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

There was no problem before Trump started WWIII.

Who actually started it?

The rapist in the White House.

You've altered/edited my post again.

You are as weak as piss Peccar.

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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #685 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:37pm

lee wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:22pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:06pm:

But the usual "free market does it better" thinking and deregulation allowed the big 3 oil companies to strip refinment from our shores and do it all offshore, in search of greater profits.

And all that did not happen in a vacuum. government regulations on emissions, parliamentary warnings of stranded assets. And you expected the companies just live with it? You are severely limited in your thinking. But that tends to be true of you and your ilk. Roll Eyes

An important and obvious point which nevertheless needs to be repeated for the comlletely Gretafied Sads of this world.

What drives away investment from Australia are the regulations and govenment policies they and their ilk demand.

There is no energy self-sufficiency, no domestic merchant navy, no value-added resource industry, no high tech manufacturing, no nuclear industry, no high level skills and education sector etc, because of government regulations, policies and constraints.

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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #686 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:44pm

Carl D wrote on Mar 29^th, 2026 at 6:54pm:

I'm waiting to see what happens when all these idiots with their hoarded fuel at home discover that petrol in a sealed container like a jerry can has a shelf life of between 3 and 6 months (at 20 degrees Celsius - less time if the temperature is higher).

That's if they don't blow their homes and themselves up first, of course.

Not if you use Fuel Doctor or Sta-bil fuel stabilizer etc.

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Reply #687 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:47pm

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 31^st, 2026 at 6:33am:

aquascoot wrote on Mar 31^st, 2026 at 5:50am:

The left will be voting for trump.
Unless they are just virtue signallers and hypocrites

Trump steals Venezuela oil and now he want Iran oil, to sell and pollute.

Trump's nutty hard right. Own him.

The West taught all those desert Camel Jockeys how to extract oil from underground & supplied them with the technology.

Own that.

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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #688 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:52pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 31^st, 2026 at 3:10pm:

FFS

They remove half of the fuel excise from today, but petrol stations won't drop their prices straight away because they've paid the full tax on the fuel sitting in their tanks at the moment.

When there's a rise they do it immediately but when there's a reduction they hold off for as long as they can.

Criminal bastards.

Agree

The fuel they put the prices up on was already in the country and the taxes paid for that was at the reduced rate.

This should be a chargeable offence - the CEOs of all fuel companies in Australia should be before a Senate Enquiry - then when found to be price gouging referred to the ACCC with increased powers to deal them hefty penalties & threats of jail.

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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33254 Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #689 - Apr 1^st, 2026 at 12:59pm greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 1^st, 2026 at 10:32am: ALBO will make an address to the nation, regarding the fuel crisis brought on by Trump, at 4pm today. It was bought on by Iran. They were the ones attacking shipping in the Strait and attacking other Muslim Gulf oil states.
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Question: How high fuel price have to become before Australians would make Australian oil stay in Australia?
$3 per litre 3 (18.8%) $4 per litre 3 (18.8%) $5 per litre 2 (12.5%) $6 per litre 0 (0.0%) $7 per litre 1 (6.2%) $8 per litre 0 (0.0%) $9 per litre 4 (25.0%) never 3 (18.8%) Total votes: 16 This Poll ends automatically in 12 days, 2 hours and 59 minutes. « Created by: tallowood on: Mar 17^th, 2026 at 12:36pm »