Colin
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Colin
@RepublicofThink
Watching for critical thinkers. Born and bred in the bush. Do not undermine climate action just because you don’t like the economics.









Labor says fuel stocks are up, but 500+ servos are empty. If the supply is there, why isn’t it reaching Australians? Because it’s not just the servos that are sold out, it’s the Government.



Victoria’s latest shipment of crude oil - onboard this tanker that’s docked at Corio.

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.


















