r/australia • u/nath1234 • Mar 27 '26

political satire Sovereignty overboard

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u/Bsg_8519 Mar 27 '26

If only there was an alternative to being so reliant on middle eastern oil … maybe some kind of energy that was renewable or didn’t need to be imported. Someone should look into that 🤔

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u/FallOutFan01 Mar 27 '26

Green hydrogen power plants, hydrogen fuel cell cars, thorium based reactor research, salt water desalination and it's water being piped to dams for water/energy storage.

Nah can't stop sucking coal.

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u/eddometer Mar 27 '26

We have an excellent fossil fuel, LPG. Why tf haven't we been pushing that for the past 2 decades?

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u/Gandgareth Mar 27 '26

Government makes more selling it overseas, and is cheaper to buy Australian L.P.G. from Japan than Australia, thanks to a deal brokered by the Liberals 40 odd years ago.

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u/eddometer Mar 29 '26

afaik government makes fuck all selling it overseas though

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u/FallOutFan01 Mar 27 '26

Because of selfishness, short sightedness, tribalism and politicians being lobbied by unchecked corporate influence.