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@JunkScience Who or what do you think Australians should be shooting with those guns ?

Why can't Iranians rise up against their murderous oppressors? They have no weapons.

@Noahpinion Easy, you voted for him,

How did we get from one kind of crazy crap to another kind of crazy crap? Total mystery

@Matt_Camenzuli I remember when you wrote the following. Some of us are more relaxed about petrol prices because we have the "novelty " x.com/i/status/17488…

Chris Bowen has to tell the truth. He must level with the Australian people. We are in a real crisis. Today BP in Roselle, an inner city suburb, doesn't have 91 or 95 petrol, and the price of Deisel is over $3.15 a litre. Shortages are already here. It's unmistakable. He's tried to cover it up in the cities but that's not working anymore. We can all see it. At some point push must come to shove. Bowen is wasting his time trying to change global temperatures, instead of ensuring we have the fuel we need to survive. He is like the work experience kid trying to perform brain surgery. Very dangerous. It has real world consequences for us all. Bowen can't just bullshit his way through it, like everything else he's done so far. He is a danger to our nation. Food security, job security and energy security all rely on the availability of fuel. The problem with Bowen is, he won't even admit we have a problem. And you can't fix a problem that you don't even admit exists. We can have no faith in his ability or his word. He must go now. Resign Bowen. Put Australia first. For once. I just want Australia back.

@JakeLandauTO As an Australian I find it funny gave up a beutiful , meaningful flag for a maple syrup logo.

As a Canadian it's funny that Australia and New Zealand still haven't managed to come up with original flags for themselves, how are you still stuck on a British Ensign in the year 2026?

@adcock_brett @grok is that a real robot or is it CGI?

So proud to see F.03 make history as the first humanoid robot in the White House 🤖 🇺🇸

@AusPoll6 Waiting for that Angus Taylor bump.

Federal voting intention (men) 🟧 ONP: 31% (+3) 🟥 ALP: 30% (+1) 🟦 L/NP: 19% (-1) 🟩 GRN: 9% (-4) ⬜️ IND: 6% (+3) ⬛️ OTH: 6% (-) YouGov | 17-24 Mar | n=~750 [subsample of nationwide poll] | +/- 3-10 Mar

@john76709 @JohnRuddick2 Don't know about John but I would impose a super profitcl tax on oil companies who are basically war profiteering . Use the funds to establish high power charging stations for trucks on major highways. In other words get off f...king oil

@JohnRuddick2 What would you do?

Our magnificent leaders have forgotten about the quagmire in Afghanistan, the rivers of blood in Iraq, the destruction of Libya and the hell of Syria. Anyway … let’s do it all again! Want more refugees in the West? Keep bombing the Middle East!

@MoussaA41664651 @JohnRuddick2 Only happens because countries are far too oil dependent move away from oil and nobody would give a stuffed olive for Iran.

John, you can't deny the history this nation has in terms of terrorism and radical Islamism across the globe. This is very different to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Literally every other Arab nation is aligned with US/Israel, they recently mused getting involved in the war themselves. It was reaching boiling point when Iran had nuclear capabilities, something had to be done, a time to strike, and that was when Iran was murdering it's own citizens in the streets, upwards of 30,000-40,000. On top of all this, they're affectively aligned with BRICS, who are predominantly backed by China, who is seeking to supplant the US as the world hegemon. Do you want a Communist/globalist world order run by China?

@JohnRuddick2 Well Albo hasn't. Thats why we are trying to stay away

@Matt_Camenzuli Hmmmm...... for some reason Im not concerned that service stations have run out of fuel....funny that.

It would seem as though Mad Max was more than a movie, it was a prophecy. Our political class has been second rate for decades. This is the result.

@combatoverride @BishopBarron So what? Ryland Grace is a mortal man not the son of God.

@BishopBarron Gosling's character was forcibly put into a coma and forced into space on a suicide mission against his will. Jesus was no reluctant hero who had to be convinced. He was the willing Savior who, in his humanity, felt the cost acutely—and paid it anyway.

I just saw the much talked about film “Project Hail Mary.” It's very entertaining and uplifting and features a fine performance from Ryan Gosling. But what most intrigued me were the powerful Christian themes at play in it. The title, of course, refers to the Hail Mary pass in football, since the adventure undertaken is a fairly desperate attempt to save the planet. But it also becomes eminently clear that the reference is not just to football but to the Blessed Mother herself, for the Gosling character is undoubtedly a Christ-figure. I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but it involves a willingness to sacrifice one's life utterly in order to deliver the entire human race from disaster. It is, of course, no accident that Gosling's character is called Ryland Grace, for throughout the movie, his presence and actions constitute undeserved favor to others. A particularly intriguing character in the film is a sober German scientist who relentlessly presses Grace to make the supreme sacrifice, even when he is unwilling. She represented for me the great moral demand that presses upon us throughout our lives, continually summoning us to self-gift. A last observation: Jesus had a second in command whom he called Peter (the Rock); Ryland Grace has a very unusual sidekick whom he calls “Rocky.” I'll leave it at that. I know lots of people say that Christianity is in irreversible decline and that we are inhabiting, at least in the West, a post-Christian society. I'm not so sure. Like it or not, we remain a Christ-haunted culture—and a film like “Project Hail Mary” makes this clear.

@Matt_Camenzuli Service stations..... ?? What are those?

🚨 The number of service stations running out of fuel is increasing by the day. This is a national emergency. But sure Bowen… keep telling us everything is fine. The government is out of its depth. We all suffer.

@predict_addict @BYDCompany Well the most recent trains are the Metro trains and they come from Alstom Metropolis and built in India. But not sure what your point is, my concern was the comfort of the Chinese HSR seats.

@ralphbuttigieg Mate even iconic London double decker buses are built by @BYDCompany from China. Have you missed the memo?

This what happens when a country studies math.

@predict_addict In Sydney we have double decker electrics , a modern autonomous Metro rail system and light rail. With more comftable seats.

@ralphbuttigieg I am afraid to ask what Australian trains are. Rumour is down under is running out of petrol and considering carts with kangaroo 🦘?

@TIMEX99832797 @Ora03332088 @Rainmaker1973 Yep, Americans are losers.

@Ora03332088 @Rainmaker1973 California has already spent $1.8 billion on high-speed rail, and they have now quit.

China unveils a 600 km/h (373 mph) maglev train—now the world’s fastest. It can slash Beijing–Shanghai travel time to just 2.5 hours. Powered by magnetic levitation, it’s ultra-quiet, efficient and emits zero direct pollution.

@OConnail38797 @boganintel Forget it. Reality: Australians are buying more Chinese EVs and running them on renewables.

@boganintel Oz could convert sugar cane to ethanol for ICE cars and canola oil to diesel. Old technology and currently it exports those feedstocks to saner countries which laugh all the way to their fuel pumps. During WWII cars ran on wood or coal gas, see old pics of rearburners & roofbags

This crisis may finally force Australians to come to terms with their geography.

@ZacharySisson3 His robots will throw the left into gaol first

Whats the point of all this if the left is going to throw Elon in jail?

@grok @simonmaechling Ok, @grok for those non transport uses are there alternatives?

About 39-40% of global oil is used for non-transport purposes (latest data from IEA/Enerdata 2023-2024). Transport (road ~47%, aviation/shipping etc.) takes ~60-61%. Of the non-transport share: - petrochemical feedstocks (plastics, chemicals, synthetics) ~14-16% - other industry/heating/agriculture ~20-25%. Fertilizers are mostly from natural gas (ammonia production), with oil playing a minor direct role. This shows oil's role far beyond just vehicle fuel.

Hi chemist here 👋 Oil and gas isn’t just fuel. It’s the backbone of modern life. Fertilizers → feed billions. Plastics → sterile medicine, safe food. Materials → phones, insulation, clothing.