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Reply #75 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:18am
 
aquascoot wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 2:52pm:
Energy security is economic security

And fossil fuels are what has created most of the wealth we take for granted.




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Reply #76 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:19am
 
freediver wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 4:08pm:
You could say the same about food. If you go back far enough, over 90% of the economy was geared towards producing food. But now it is about 1%. Energy is following the same trend. It's now somewhere between 1% and 4% of the economy.

People have created the wealth.

And Australia is a net oil exporter. If there ever is an oil crunch, we will benefit. It is not the refineries that will be in short supply.

This is really nothing more than people searching for something to pointlessly fret about. All the economies we fear overpowering us are the ones exporting cars and ipads.


No you can't - everything you enjoy in your life - including wealth - is down to fossil fuels.
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Reply #77 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:30am
 
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 8:45am:
Bobby. wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 5:29am:
Use this site to find your local petrol prices:

https://petrolspy.com.au/map/latlng/-37.814107/144.96328


You can see it's around $2.40 per litre for U98.

It was $1.89 last week - so a big jump
from all the war profiteering.


98 has not been been lower than $1.98 for months.

91 is above $2.00 to $2.20 in Brisbane today.

E10 is even $2.16 at BP Ipswich Road Moorooka.

It's outright profiteering.

Indeed.

Home brew, black market cigies. Next - backyard refineries.  Tongue
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Reply #78 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:37am
 
Melanias purse wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 7:07pm:
Frank wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 9:07am:
freediver wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 8:44am:
Frank wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 8:38am:
So what happened to Chris Bowel's Glorious Energy Transition?

Note that Iran is targeting neighbouring oil refineries and gas ports, NOT wind and solar farms.
Why?
The world runs on fossil fuels?  Shurely shome mishtake.




Because a centralised system makes it more vulnerable to attack.



Why is Australia's energy supply is centralised elsewhere?

Why isnt Australia, energy superpower, self reliant for every form of energy?  What madness has made Australia import 90% of its fuel?
What Gretaesque madness rationalised such stupidity?


Why? Because you, Rupert and the Libs have been bleating away about how awful renewable energy is for the past thirty years, dear. That's why.

What grotesque madness made you krap away about nuclear energy and nationalised coal-fired power stations while our energy infrastructure was rusting away and passing its use-by date?

Why, after 30 years of Tory obstructionism, have Australians been quietly putting solar panels on their rooftops, the biggest rooftop solar uptake in the world? Why, in the city all those Libs conspired in, have we been able to install a solar farm powerful enough to run our nation's capital, generating enough solar energy for half a million people?

I'll tell you why, dear boy. Because most of us, despite your distraction, hissy fits and culture wars, have begun the transition without you. And do you know? We twigged we can't do it with the Libs in power, so we all made a collective decision at the last election to throw them out for good.

It's not your country, old boy. You couldn't give a pickled herring. But the rest of us are more than happy to put in the effort without you.

And you?

You'll always be free - free to go straight right back to where you came from.

Freeeeeedom, innit.


Who has been subsidising the cheap solar systems & now with batteries being made available?

You - the taxpayer that's who.

My first 6kw system cost around $25,000 in 20 10/11 - do you think I have made my money back?

The system was barely 5 years old & it became less efficient & by the time it was replaced after a hail storm in 2022(11 years old) I was receiving electricity bills around $300 a quarter for at least 2 years when I shouldn't have been paying any.

The replacement 6 kw system now installed sees me in credit an extra $200  every quarter.

After recently claiming $2,000 from my credits, leaving $700 in the account I am now back in credit $1,524.

It still hasn't got that first system I paid $25,000 for anywhere near balanced back after 15 years.
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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #79 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:40am
 
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 8:45am:
Bobby. wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 5:29am:
Use this site to find your local petrol prices:

https://petrolspy.com.au/map/latlng/-37.814107/144.96328


You can see it's around $2.40 per litre for U98.

It was $1.89 last week - so a big jump
from all the war profiteering.


98 has not been been lower than $1.98 for months.

91 is above $2.00 to $2.20 in Brisbane today.

E10 is even $2.16 at BP Ipswich Road Moorooka.

It's outright profiteering.



It's big money for a petrol station to make an extra 50 cents per litre.
Greed has taken over.
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Reply #80 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:43am
 
Bobby. wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:40am:
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 8:45am:
Bobby. wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 5:29am:
Use this site to find your local petrol prices:

https://petrolspy.com.au/map/latlng/-37.814107/144.96328


You can see it's around $2.40 per litre for U98.

It was $1.89 last week - so a big jump
from all the war profiteering.


98 has not been been lower than $1.98 for months.

91 is above $2.00 to $2.20 in Brisbane today.

E10 is even $2.16 at BP Ipswich Road Moorooka.

It's outright profiteering.



It's big money for a petrol station to make an extra 50 cents per litre.
Greed has taken over.


Well what did you think was going to happen when the Govt gets 51.6 cents for every litre sold?

Govt excise should be no more than 10 cents.
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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #81 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 10:14am
 
Melanias purse wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 7:07pm:
Frank wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 9:07am:
freediver wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 8:44am:
Frank wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 8:38am:
So what happened to Chris Bowel's Glorious Energy Transition?

Note that Iran is targeting neighbouring oil refineries and gas ports, NOT wind and solar farms.
Why?
The world runs on fossil fuels?  Shurely shome mishtake.




Because a centralised system makes it more vulnerable to attack.



Why is Australia's energy supply is centralised elsewhere?

Why isnt Australia, energy superpower, self reliant for every form of energy?  What madness has made Australia import 90% of its fuel?
What Gretaesque madness rationalised such stupidity?


Why? Because you, Rupert and the Libs have been bleating away about how awful renewable energy is for the past thirty years, dear. That's why.

 



Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

You are talking idiotic nonsense AGAIN, son of Lahore.


The question is not about renrewables, but about the source of fuel and why Austealia is not refining its own fuels.
Also, why is there gas shortage? Why is energy expensive?

Government policies by the Uniparty.
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Reply #82 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 10:16am
 
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:43am:
Bobby. wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:40am:
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 8:45am:
Bobby. wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 5:29am:
Use this site to find your local petrol prices:

https://petrolspy.com.au/map/latlng/-37.814107/144.96328


You can see it's around $2.40 per litre for U98.

It was $1.89 last week - so a big jump
from all the war profiteering.


98 has not been been lower than $1.98 for months.

91 is above $2.00 to $2.20 in Brisbane today.

E10 is even $2.16 at BP Ipswich Road Moorooka.

It's outright profiteering.



It's big money for a petrol station to make an extra 50 cents per litre.
Greed has taken over.


Well what did you think was going to happen when the Govt gets 51.6 cents for every litre sold?

Govt excise should be no more than 10 cents.



The fuel excise is supposed to go to building roads but
it's placed straight into consolidated revenue and
then we have to pay tolls for roads.
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Reply #83 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 10:19am
 
Bobby. wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 10:16am:
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:43am:
Bobby. wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:40am:
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 8:45am:
Bobby. wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 5:29am:
Use this site to find your local petrol prices:

https://petrolspy.com.au/map/latlng/-37.814107/144.96328


You can see it's around $2.40 per litre for U98.

It was $1.89 last week - so a big jump
from all the war profiteering.


98 has not been been lower than $1.98 for months.

91 is above $2.00 to $2.20 in Brisbane today.

E10 is even $2.16 at BP Ipswich Road Moorooka.

It's outright profiteering.



It's big money for a petrol station to make an extra 50 cents per litre.
Greed has taken over.


Well what did you think was going to happen when the Govt gets 51.6 cents for every litre sold?

Govt excise should be no more than 10 cents.



The fuel excise is supposed to go to building roads but
it's placed straight into consolidated revenue and
then we have to pay tolls for roads.


Toll roads would solve the problem but govts sold them off to private enterprise, turning them into money making machines for shareholders.

FD is probably one.

Registration is supposed to be for the roads.
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Reply #84 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 11:08am
 
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 8:33am:
freediver wrote on Mar 5th, 2026 at 1:44pm:
There is no "Brisbane price" for petrol. Look around.


It was an average of all the servos displaying prices on Petrol Spy.

So I did have a look around.

I wasn't posting the price at every damned servo. Roll Eyes

https://petrolspy.com.au/map/latlng/-27.4710107/153.0234489


You don't pay the average Brisbane price, any more than you pay the average state price. You pay the actual price at the servo where you fill up, and if the price bothers you, it is a very simple matter to fill up when you pass a cheap one. If you shop around, you would probably end up paying less in Brisbane.
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Reply #85 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 11:13am
 
aquascoot wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 6:13pm:
Take fossil fuels away now and your standard of living will nosedive.


Who said anything about doing that?
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Reply #86 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 12:36pm
 
Gnads wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 8:36am:
lee wrote on Mar 5th, 2026 at 4:06pm:
Gnads wrote on Mar 5th, 2026 at 12:38pm:
Why is fuel cheaper here - 3 1/2 hrs nrth of Brisbane?


Because like here 3 hours south of Perth, it is too far for the city folks to drive. Wink


So the fuel companies are being benevolent to those of us in the regions?

Yeah nah .....  Wink Wink


Diesel $1.79 where I normally shop, last Thursday. Of course cheaper rents, Fewer stations help. Roll Eyes
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Reply #87 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 12:39pm
 
freediver wrote on Mar 7th, 2026 at 8:27pm:
Why is it that climate "sceptics" always end up being the most gullible?


Did you see Roger (the Dodger) Cook, Premier of WA is now talking about building gas plant to replace coal? Fossil fuel to fossil fuel, although less CO2. Wink
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Reply #88 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 1:15pm
 
Are petrol stations price gouging?.  Yes Treasurer Chalmers you are right to say, don't take Australian drivers for mugs.   Sad 
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Reply #89 - Mar 8th, 2026 at 1:33pm
 
whiteknight wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 1:15pm:
Yes Treasurer Chalmers you are right to say, don't take Australian drivers for mugs.



Yes. Why be that specific? Just take all Australians for mugs. Wink
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