When Australia shut down refineries, what did politicians think would happen?
In 2014 to 2015 two major refineries stopped refining fuel

• Kurnell Refinery → converted to an import terminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnell_Refinery

• Bulwer Island Refinery → closed and turned into an import terminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulwer_Island_Refinery

Result: Australia became far more dependent on imported fuel while regional industries still rely on diesel to function.

Farmers feel it first
If diesel prices spike
• tractors do not run
• crops do not get harvested
• food supply chains strain

Fuel security is not abstract policy.
It affects farmers, freight, food prices and regional Australia.

But according to parts of the press this is somehow #Albo’s fault in 2026.
Apparently decisions made a decade ago only become a problem once Labor is in government.
Funny how that works.

#auspol #fuelsecurity #foodsecurity #farmers #energy

Australia's lack of fuel security

"Our way of life
depends upon cheaper oil and fuel coming from overseas, but it does so at the cost of our security and resilience...The thought of not having food in cupboards and fridges or prescription medicines would likely exercise people's minds a lot more than the ill-informed thoughts they had during COVID about toilet paper." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/australia-fuel-security-falling-short-foi-war-game-report/104745210

Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/113773037156395951
#energy #vulnerabilities #fuel #FossilFuels #cars #oil #petroleum #fuel #mobility #dependency #EnergyDependency #Australia #infrastructure #automobility #roads #malls #highways #Petrotopia #PetroMelancholia #CarDependency #MobilityDesign #ClimateBreakdown #transformation #societies #MiddleEast #FuelSecurity #MSO #WayofLife

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One of the arguments for renewables and green energy and diversifying from oil and gas is fuel security.

The Middle East and Russia are dangerous and volatile because of the unhealthy addiction The West has to fossil fuels.

Conservatives really are shite at spotting an opportunity to decrease the power of Putin, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc… increase our fuel security, self sufficiency & and save the planet into the bargain.

#fuelsecurity #oil #putin #climatechange

Extreme heat is fast becoming a threat to global fuel security, disrupting oil refineries and boosting electricity demand. This results from the warming climate caused by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation. The impact of extreme heat on fuel markets is worsened by low stockpiles and under-investment in the refining sector.

#ExtremeHeat #FuelSecurity #ClimateChange

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-10/extreme-heat-is-fast-becoming-a-threat-to-global-fuel-security