
Harry Snape
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These two photographs are separated by only 66 years.



"Australia is the most diesel-dependent economy in the world... if the shipping channels are cut to our North, we will be on our knees within days." John spoke to @Channel7 last night about Australia's fuel crisis. See link in comments below.



Australia has plenty of gas, but most of it is in the Northwest Shelf, isolated from the populated east coast. The West-East Pipeline would unify the national market, connecting cheap WA gas to the expensive eastern states. A 2017 feasibility study estimated construction would take two years and cost $5.8 billion, and reduce east coast gas prices by $3/GJ - a benefit of over $2 billion per year! That’s narrow peacetime benefits only, ignoring the project’s strategic value and national resilience. If coupled with a gas-to-liquids plant in South Australia, it would underpin true liquid fuel security for a nation increasingly aware of its dependence on maritime trade.




















